Chase, who has been living on the streets, was taken to a Riverside-area hospital this week and placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold after a crisis team determined he needed immediate medical attention. He is expected to transition to a rehabilitation facility once doctors clear him.
Jacob Harris, owner of Shipwreck Barbershop in Riverside, California, played a key role in getting Chase help. Harris says he spent three hours with Chase on Christmas Day — a visit he describes as a “tipping point.”
“I had to do something,” Harris said. “I finally found a crisis center that would come out and do an on-site evaluation.”
According to Harris, the crisis workers evaluated Chase and decided he needed to be hospitalized before entering rehab. Harris became involved after Shaun Weiss, who has spoken publicly about his own recovery, reached out for help locating Chase. From there, Harris connected Chase with his father, family members, and former co-stars through video calls made on Harris’ phone.
One of those co-stars, Daniel Curtis Lee, previously tried to help Chase by paying for a motel room to get him off the streets. However, the situation quickly unraveled when the room was heavily damaged, forcing hotel staff to contact Lee. Family members had reportedly warned that similar attempts to help in the past had ended the same way.
It is still unclear which rehab facility Chase will ultimately enter, though Weiss has publicly offered him a place at Eleven 11 Recovery Center in San Clemente, California, where Weiss is involved.
The push to get Chase help intensified after videos circulated online showing him looking unwell and unhoused. His former Ned’s Declassified co-stars — Lee, Devon Werkheiser, and Lindsey Shaw — addressed the footage on their podcast earlier this year, expressing concern and urging compassion.
TMZ recently spoke with Werkheiser, who said watching Chase struggle has been heartbreaking.
“Anyone who has dealt with severe addiction and deep mental health issues knows it’s an unbelievably challenging situation if they don’t want help,” he said. “My only hope is that from this exposure, someone with real understanding and resources can step in, get Tylor into treatment, and help him get back on track.”
For now, those closest to Chase say they are cautiously hopeful that this intervention could be the first real step toward stability and recovery.
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