Rick Harrison Says He Paid ‘All’ Of His Son Corey’s Medical Payments

Corey Harrison says his father, Rick Harrisonhelped cowl a good portion of his medical payments after a severe motorbike crash in Mexico left him hospitalized with main accidents.

“The Pawn Stars” star claimed solely roughly half of the six-figure value was paid; nonetheless, Rick has contradicted his son, saying he lined the entire medical invoice and is owed nothing.

Corey Harrison, who says he plans to repay the monetary assist, has since turned to a GoFundMe marketing campaign after draining his financial savings whereas recovering from the accident.

Corey has raised eyebrows after telling TMZ that his dad, Rick, stepped in to assist after a severe motorbike crash left him dealing with large medical payments, protecting roughly half of the six-figure hospital bills he accrued after the accident in Mexico earlier this yr.

He said that his father “is not made of cash” and that his household is not bringing in the identical stage of earnings they did through the top of the truth present’s reputation.

Due to that, Corey stated he plans to repay the cash. He famous that his father has all the time believed in a strict, work-for-what-you-get method in the case of funds.

“I like my dad to loss of life, however he would not give me sh-t. My dad’s made me work for every thing my entire life,” he defined.

Corey additionally acknowledged that Rick had warned him years in the past to cease using bikes.

Rick swiftly shut down his son’s remark in his personal assertion to TMZtelling the information outlet that so far as he was involved, he paid for Corey’s full medical invoice following his accident.

The truth TV star additionally said that he made these funds lengthy earlier than his son launched a GoFundMe, whereas noting that the 42-year-old isn’t in debt to him for the cash.

“So far as I do know, I paid all of Corey’s medical payments lengthy earlier than he put the GoFundMe out,” Rick stated concerning the scenario.

He added, “(Corey) is a grown man in his 40’s and is accountable for how he handles his funds.”

The crash has taken a severe monetary toll on Corey. After exhausting most of his private financial savings on therapy, he says he’s at present unable to work, a scenario that led him to begin a GoFundMe marketing campaign searching for assist from supporters.

The fundraiser outlines the scary collection of occasions that adopted the accident, together with weeks spent in two separate hospitals and a number of surgical procedures.

Corey initially acquired therapy at a hospital in Playa del Carmen, however the rising value of care made it unimaginable for him to remain. He ultimately checked out and returned to his dwelling in Tulum, hoping to get well there.

Nevertheless, the scenario shortly worsened. In accordance with the GoFundMe description, Corey started experiencing extreme ache solely hours after returning dwelling.

A health care provider was known as to the home to manage IV fluids and morphine. Regardless of his reluctance to depend on sturdy ache medicine, particularly after shedding his brother, Adam Harrison, to an overdose final yr, the ache grew to become too intense to handle with out it.

The next day, his situation deteriorated additional when his oxygen ranges all of the sudden dropped to dangerously low ranges. In what the fundraiser described as a deeply emotional second, Corey feared the worst, worrying he would not have the ability to afford the care he wanted.

“I am simply going to die out right here. I haven’t got the cash to maintain paying these individuals,” he reportedly stated.

He was ultimately taken to a hospital in Mérida, the place new X-rays revealed the seriousness of his accidents. Medical doctors found that one in every of his ribs had fully separated and was urgent into his lung. Surgeons had been pressured to empty almost three liters of blood from his chest cavity throughout therapy.

Thus far, the fundraiser has collected over $8,370 towards a aim of $18,000.

Corey’s newest medical drama comes not lengthy after Rick opened up a couple of devastating private loss: the loss of life of his son Adam, who handed away in January 2024 at age 39 after a drug overdose involving fentanyl.

Recalling how Adam struggled with dependancy for years regardless of a number of makes an attempt at rehabilitation, he famous, “In his twenties, he had drug issues. I imply, God, I put him in rehab so many occasions, and each time he’d be doing nice, after which he would simply fall again.”

“I imply, you’ve got heard the identical story from 1,000,000 individuals, and it obtained actually, actually unhealthy, and apparently it wasn’t heroin he obtained — he ended up getting some fentanyl. It killed him,” Rick added about his late son.