Former Neighbours star Eliza Szonert spent eight weeks in an expensive drug rehabilitation clinic in Thailand before she dramatically snatched her son from her ex-partner in Kuala Lumpur.

The former starlet, who played Danni Stark in the hit show, sought help at the high-end rehab centre The Cabin Chiang Mai, a popular facility among celebrities and corporate types known as the 'Betty Ford of South-East Asia'.

Ms Szonert, 41, attended drug counselling and claimed to have seen former AFL star Ben Cousins - who has battled addiction to methamphetamine for years - at the facility.

It is a very different side to the story that has captivated Australia since Ms Szonert, accompanied by burly men with tattoos, walked into a Malaysian restaurant and snatched her son from ex-partner Ashley Crick before taking him to an unknown location.

She has claimed in previous interviews that she had been visiting Mr Crick in Kuala Lumpur with their son when she had been ordered to leave his house after a fight.

But Daily Mail Australia understands she had been in Kuala Lumpur since August after accompanying Mr Crick and their son on a flight from Australia. The three then flew to Koh Samui in Thailand for a holiday.

During this time, Ms Szonert made a booking at The Cabin and stayed behind in Chiang Mai for help with drug issues while Mr Crick and his son returned to Kuala Lumpur, where he works as an executive at a video streaming business similar to Netflix

Ms Szonert was in the facility for at least eight weeks between August 21 and October 25, 2015.

The facility charges up to $14,000 a month and Ms Szonert told friends and family she had made great progress during her time there.

While she was at The Cabin, Mr Crick enrolled his son in a local school and was in regular contact with his former partner.

After completing rehab, she flew back to Kuala Lumpur to stay with Mr Crick and their son at his three-bedroom house.

Soon after a violent argument on November 14, Mr Crick asked her to leave and had the locks changed. Homeless in a foreign country and with no passport, Ms Szonert made contact with an organisation called Child Recovery Australia, leading to the showdown as Mr Crick had breakfast with his son last week.

Ms Szonert has refused to respond to questions about her time in rehabilitation in the months leading up to the bitter confrontation.

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