{"id":777378,"date":"2026-07-22T06:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/777378\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T06:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:57:16","slug":"claude-lemieuxs-son-says-nhl-legend-relapsed-into-sex-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/777378\/","title":{"rendered":"Claude Lemieux’s Son Says NHL Legend Relapsed Into Sex Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Claude Lemieux<\/a>‘s son told police the NHL legend had relapsed into sex addiction before taking his own life … revealing his family noticed his behavior spiraling in the year leading up to his death.<\/p>\n

Brendan Lemieux reportedly discussed his father’s struggles with Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office investigators on May 28 … shortly after finding Claude dead<\/a> at the family’s business in Lake Park, Florida, according to a California Post<\/a> report.<\/p>\n

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The outlet reviewed police body cam footage in which Brendan allegedly said his mother, Deborah, discovered Claude was no longer sober … explaining his father’s primary issue was sex addiction, not alcohol — although he reportedly said he didn’t know if his father had picked up drinking again too.<\/p>\n

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He told investigators Claude had been sober for more than a decade, but the family began noticing changes in his behavior about a year earlier. Brendan said the situation had recently “spiraled completely,” with Claude lashing out and treating people poorly.<\/p>\n

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According to Brendan, Deborah confronted Claude at around 10:30 PM on May 27 … and he confessed to relapsing before she told him to leave their home.<\/p>\n

Hours later, Brendan noticed his father’s location had changed to the family business and drove there to check on him … ultimately finding him dead inside the building. NY Post<\/a> was the first to report this news.<\/p>\n

As TMZ Sports<\/a> previously reported … Brendan told investigators the family feared Claude had relapsed<\/a> after 12 years of sobriety. He also removed a firearm from his father’s truck before entering the business because of the emotional circumstances.<\/p>\n

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Claude — known for his fiery and aggressive play on the ice — spent 21 seasons in the NHL … playing for the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks.<\/p>\n

He won four Stanley Cups and the 1995 Conn Smythe Trophy … piling up 944 points across 1,215 regular-season and 234 playoff games.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Claude Lemieux‘s son told police the NHL legend had relapsed into sex addiction before taking his own life…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-777378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}