Trivia

Recovering alcoholic.

Daughter of a Puerto Rican mother, Anita Velez-Mitchell, and an American father, Pearse Mitchell.

A consuming addict, who used the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to break her addiction to buying electronic gadgets.

Spent more than a decade as an anchor/reporter for KCAL-TV in Los Angeles and served as an anchor/reporter for eight years at WCBS-TV in New York City.

Her late father, Pearse Mitchell, was also an alcoholic.

Release of her book, "Secrets Can Be Murder: What America's Most Sensational Crimes Tell Us About Ourselves". (2007)

Release of her book, "iWant: My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life". (September 2009)

Aunt of composer Paul Peress and of Lorca Peress.

Aunt of Anika Paris Anika Paris.

An animal rights activist.

Lives in Midtown Manhattan with her mother, Anita, who was a former vaudeville performer. (2009)