Original music by Dan Powell and Marion Lozano . Anyway, we havent seen much of Lalaine after Lizzie McGuire ended. 17 Child Actors Who Went to Jail or Prison (and the Reasons Why) In that time, Plato struggled with addictions to alcohol and pills, gave up custody of her son, posed for Playboy, starred in a soft-core porn parody of Diff'rent Strokes, and even committed a laughably pathetic robbery at a video store that landed her in jail until Wayne Newton, who had never even met her, bailed her out after no one else would. Almost everyone remembers the cute little kid from the movie Home Alone. The life of promising young actor, Brad Renfro, was cut short at the age of 25 when he died of "acute heroin/morphine intoxication" in 2008. Bynes' Twitter rants became the stuff of legends, and she revealed she had severe body image issues. He was sentenced to four months in jail but released . He has copied alot of my tattoos and he preys on young women online and everywhere else.". Lindsay Lohan had a great run as one of Hollywood's more successful child stars, starring in movie night classics such as "The Parent Trap" and "Freaky Friday" as a teen, notes Biography. Former child stars like Tatum O'Neal, Shia LaBeouf and Macaulay Culkin have all had trouble with the law. According to People, Plato left the show in 1984 after becoming pregnant, and she never managed to make her way back into mainstream show business again. I couldn't think about it too much. Martin went to jail for 18 months and in that time began talking at schools about making better choices and accepting responsibility for your actions. This has turned into something of a vicious cycle for him , and no one really knows at this point if he will be able to get things under control or if things will get even worse. Unfortunately, these are things that she still seems to be struggling with, although she has shown some signs of trying to get things under control more recently. She would later return to jail after being charged for the theft but ultimately released to house arrest. When Sutter reportedly kicked down the door, Medina stabbed him with his sword. As of 2022, she was studying for her Bachelor's degree at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, and has been vocal about her past struggles with drug abuse, reports Variety. One of the stars of the movie was a 14 year old boy named Edward Furlong. Disney is still doing just fine. In this video, we're going to take a look at 17 Child Actors Who Went to Jail or Prison (and the Reasons Why).17 Child Actors Who Went to Jail or Prison (and. ", Carter went on to compete in Dancing with the Stars in 2009 in an effort to revive his career, but the reality competition didn't pan out. Allie Lembo. He became extremely popular during the 1980s and his popularity has carried on to present day. Everybody that has seen the Harry Potter movies knows who Jamie Waylett is. During the trial, two stuntmen accused Blake of hiring them as hitmen, but their reputability was later doubted, per History. As for the validity of her troubling life story, Mackenzie's sisters, Bijou and Chynna, and stepmother Michelle Phillips, have all expressed anger and doubt about her claims, with Michelle alleging Mackenzie has a history of mental illness in addition to her struggles with substance abuse. Two months later, she was placed under a 5150 psychiatric hold after she allegedly set fire to a neighbor's driveway and nearly injured a dog in the process. Her success carried over into the early 1990s but it seems like trouble started coming her way, practically out of nowhere. She was fired from a couple of jobs because she couldnt show up on time and people stated that she was extremely disrespectful when she did show up. He tried his hand at the obligatory music career that many Disney stars seem to get saddled with at some point. In 2016, she reprised her role as Stephanie Tanner on the Fuller House reboot and got engaged to her fourth husband-to-be, Justin Hodak. In the wee hours of the same day, she allegedly got into a physical fight with a woman at a nightclub in New York. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters. Nevertheless, it was enough to get him in serious legal trouble that will follow him around for the rest of his life. One-time teen idol Leif Garrett went from a heartthrob to a harrowing case study in addiction. Public shaming should not be accepted, no matter who you are.". Six months later, he was accused of allegedly stabbing a woman multiple times. She penned an article for Crackedon why child stars can't seem to keep it together in adulthood. He explained, "The depression was brought on because I loved my family being together. But as with many child stars, Furlong began having legal troubles when he came of age. Edward Furlong made his name in Hollywood with the 1991 blockbuster sequel "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" as John Connor, Sarah Connor's son, per CNN, and later starred in "CSI: NY." Gosling was originally charged with driving under the influence and having a blood alcohol level over the legal limit of .08. Because of her addiction and her suicidal tendencies, she ended up in rehab twice before she was even 15 years old. Who wouldnt fall in love with the cute little girl that starred in ET: The Extra Terrestrial? Incorrect! In April 2015, Jackson was accused of allegedly stabbing a man at a party, but no charges were filed. This wasnt entirely a parting of ways Mitchel was wrapped into the show for one more year until Disney would look into more adult projects. Witnesses say a security guard came up and pushed Lorenzo, which provoked David into going to help his little brother. Among the allegations were that LaBeouf choked her while she was sleeping, and knowingly infected her with an STD. Sweetin was the cute little girl that starred on Full House. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. She was arrested again that year and was sentenced to a day in jail, along with probation, and community service hours. But that romance fizzled as well after Hodak, a convicted felon, became abusive, started allegedly abusing drugs and alcohol, and was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm in March 2017. The claim was that he hit his girlfriend. He did have a role on the Disney Channel series Pair of Kings, but he was dropped from the showimmediately after a DUI in 2011. Hosted by Sabrina Tavernise. It seems as if there are three typical paths former child stars can take once they come of age. According to his mother, Lloyd has schizophrenia and, in recent years, it seems more people are rightfully acknowledging Lloyd's unfair treatment by Star Wars fans, including Mark Hamill (via New York Magazine). She then attracted the wrong kind of attention in 2009 when she had a meltdown at New York Fashion Week and was subsequently hospitalized for an apparent suicide attempt, which she explained away as a mix-up with pain medication she was taking for a "tooth infection" combined with being "completely overwhelmed" with her life. In November 2012, Lohan was charged with four criminal charges in two states on the same day. In 2004, at age 24, Culkin was arrested when cops reportedly busted him with 17.3 grams of marijuana, eight Xanax pills, 16 clonazepam pills, and no prescription.