Deryk Schlessinger, the son of Dr. Laura Schlessinger, was involved in two separate incidents. In 2007, when he was 21 years old and serving in Iraq, he was investigated by the military for a graphic personal webpage that included cartoon depictions of rape, murder, torture, and child molestation, as well as accounts of illicit drug use. The investigation was completed, but the Army did not publicly release any information about whether Schlessinger was at fault or whether he was reprimanded. In 2021, Dr. Lauras 16-year-old son, Samuel Berman Chapman, died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl-laced Xanax at their family home in Santa Monica, California.