Drunk on duty – Sonya falls off the wagon in public!

Sonya Rebecchi, Steph Scully
Erinsborough mayor Sonya falls off the wagon during an official meeting…

Sonya's drink problem resurfaces in a very public way when she hits the bottle at a council meeting.

Having fallen off the wagon in private, Sonya's drink problem is about to become public knowledge in Neighbours. At a council morning fundraiser, the Erinsborough mayor gets spectacularly drunk – and her antics are splashed all over the local press the next day.

As Toadie steps in to help his ex, who's devastated over the collapse of their marriage and the loss of a baby, he tells Sonya he wants to take custody of their daughter, Nell, until she's sober again…

Will Sonya agree and go into rehab for the sake of her little girl?

 

 

Erinsborough mayor Sonya falls off the wagon during an official meeting…

Erinsborough mayor Sonya falls off the wagon during an official meeting…

Sonya Rebecchi, Steph Scully

Erinsborough mayor Sonya falls off the wagon during an official meeting…

Erinsborough mayor Sonya falls off the wagon during an official meeting…

Sonya Rebecchi

Sonya just isn't coping with all the emotional turmoil that's been happening in her private life...

Sonya just isn't coping with all the emotional turmoil that's been happening in her private life...

Sonya Rebecchi

Hitting the bottle at an official council meeting, Sonya's drink problem is bought into focus.

Hitting the bottle at an official council meeting, Sonya's drink problem is bought into focus.

Sonya Rebecchi, Steph Scully

Steph desperately tries to stop Sonya from making a fool of herself.

Steph desperately tries to stop Sonya from making a fool of herself.

Sonya Rebecchi

Sonya's drunk and emotional.

Sonya's drunk and emotional.

Susan Kennedy

Susan lashes out at the press in support of her friend…

Susan lashes out at the press in support of her friend…

Susan Kennedy, Sonya Rebecchi, Steph Scully

… but the photographers from the local newspaper capture her drunken ramblings on camera.

… but the photographers from the local newspaper capture her drunken ramblings on camera.

Sonya Rebecchi, Toadie Rebecchi

Toadie comes to the rescue to try to calm down his broken-hearted ex.

Toadie comes to the rescue to try to calm down his broken-hearted ex.

Sonya Rebecchi, Toadie Rebecchi

Will she agree when Toadie tells Sonya he wants custody of their daughter until she gets sober?

Will she agree when Toadie tells Sonya he wants custody of their daughter until she gets sober?

Sonya Rebecchi

Sonya's drunken antics are then splashed all over the local papers.

Sonya's drunken antics are then splashed all over the local papers.

Sonya Rebecchi

And the mayor becomes a target for the paparazzi…

And the mayor becomes a target for the paparazzi…

Sonya Rebecchi

Can Sonya put an end to the story and get sober? Watch Neighbours on Channel 5 from Monday, May 15

Can Sonya put an end to the story and get sober? Watch Neighbours on Channel 5 from Monday, May 15