She says he was held in a psychiatric ward after after trying to take his own life earlier this year. She alleges his latest drugs lapse is his seventh since their wedding, and included an episode in a hotel room where he "became hostile and physical and proceeded to demolish the room" in the presence of her and their teenage son.

Her paperwork includes a series of threatening text messages he's said to have sent after disappearing from their Florida home in October. She recently applied to have him forced into rehab - subject to a court hearing, he could be ordered to undergo treatment for up to five months.

Stapp earlier this week posted a self-shot video on Creed's Facebook page, claiming he'd been living in his truck, had his bank accounts frozen and needed a lawyer to help him fight "slanderous, libelous accusations."