There is two sides to every story. Former City High member Robbie appeared on A&E’s Intervention last week due to his addiction to Alcohol, which according to him stemed because of his breakup with Claudette Ortiz and the breakup of City High.
This time Claudette Ortiz tells her side of the story to Sheis.. about the downfall of City High and the truth behind Robbie’s Alcohol addiction. She claims Robbie was an alcoholic way before she met him and she and Ryan began dating a year after their breakup:
Claudette Ortiz: They weren’t best friends like Robbie likes to try & make it seem… Robbie was my teenage boyfriend & it wasn’t like I just hopped from one to the other… I married Ryan & was with him for 9.5 years. While we were in the group Robbie was still doing the same things… at one point Wyclef wanted to kick him out because he’d missed like 2 or 3 appearances… we were doing a radio interview once & Robbie was laying sprawled out on the floor… it was embarrassing…
Sheis…: On Intervention they made it seem as if Robbie became an alcoholic because you left him & got with Ryan…
Claudette Ortiz: He was like that before City High… I got with Ryan because Robbie was an alcoholic… & the way he treated me. If I had a man now that had problems with alcoholism but treated me good, I’d stick around & help him through it. Robbie says he was so in love with me, but I’ve heard him say the same things about his other girlfriends & he treated them the same way.
Who do you believe? Click here for full interview.