By Jeannette Walls
MSNBC
Updated: 1:59 a.m. ET Nov 2, 2006
Nicole Richie reportedly went AWOL from rehab — to go shopping.
The star of “The Simple Life” recently checked herself into the Beau Monde, a swank $80,000-a-month treatment center in Newport Beach, Calif.
The buzz is she’s seeking treatment for an eating disorder, but her reps insist that it’s merely to determine why she’s unable to put on weight.
But after less than 72 hours in the center, Richie checked herself out, explaining that she wanted to go shopping, reports Star magazine.
The staffers at Beau Monde begged her to stay, reports the tab, which quotes a source as saying, “Nicole is in complete denial and oblivious to how sick she really is.”
Not long after she checked out of the center, Richie was spotted partying with Lindsay Lohan according to both the Star and another report in In Touch Weekly.
Source:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15066221/