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David Bowie's daughter says she missed his death while in a rehab centre
Summary
Alexandria "Lexi" Jones says in an Instagram video that she was sent to treatment after her father David Bowie's cancer diagnosis and that she missed his death while enrolled in a residential program in Utah.
Content
Alexandria "Lexi" Zahra Jones posted a video describing her experiences in youth treatment programs as an adolescent. She said her struggles with eating disorders, substance use and mental health led to multiple placements. Jones reported that one placement followed her father David Bowie's liver cancer diagnosis, and that she was placed in a residential program in Utah during the period when he died. She described the programs as structured and emotionally difficult.
Reported details:
- Jones said she was sent to a wilderness therapy program after her father’s diagnosis and later to a residential treatment centre in Utah for about 13 months.
- She reported being taken from home by staff and described the initial transport to an outdoor program as abrupt and distressing.
- Jones said the residential program assigned a specific grief-and-loss phase after Bowie’s death and that she was not present with her family when he died.
- The account connected her experience to wider concerns about youth treatment facilities; the article noted other public figures have urged more transparency and oversight.
Summary:
Jones’s account focuses on personal harm she reports having experienced while in structured treatment and on the fact that she missed being with her father when he died. The piece raises questions about how youth treatment programs handle grief and care. Undetermined at this time.
