Former ESPN Analyst Steve Phillips Enters Sex Addiction Rehab

ESPN fired baseball analyst Steve Phillips Sunday after learning of his affair with 22-year-old production assistant Brooke Hundley (who was fired a day later).

Phillips, who had a history of infidelity dating back to his days as the Mets general manager in the late 1990s, has now entered sex addiction rehab treatment facility, according to his agent.

Steve Lefkowitz, who represents Phillips, told the New York Daily News that "This was planned in advance. It has nothing to do with him getting fired. He's trying to save his marriage."

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Lefkowitz continued:

"Obviously, he has a problem and he fell off the wagon," Lefkowitz said. "Even though [Marni Phillips] filed for divorce, they're trying to work it out."

He compared Phillips' condition to that of other celebs who have been treated for sex addiction. "It's the same thing as alcohol addiction," Lefkowitz said.

The past few days have been "very tough," but the axed analyst is determined to get through it, the agent said. "He's trying to get better first."

Phillips' wife filed for divorce Sept. 14, two months after her husband's affair had ended and but not before Hundley revealed intimate details of the relationship in a letter to Marni.

"She just needs peace. She just needs this to go away for her children's sake," a neighbor and old friend of the long-suffering spouse told the Daily News.