For some fans and the general public, it is common to have the belief that when a person is famous or that because they are a recognized artist, either nationally or internationally, they stop being human and after being seen as idols, they cannot have defects or suffer in life.
However, the scandals of some celebrities have made it clear that this is not the case. Whether they suffer from physical or mental illnesses, such as anxiety or depression, as well as alcoholism and drug problems, artists also make mistakes and face certain difficulties despite their success.
Proof of this is this list of some celebrities who, after having committed a crime, have a criminal record and perhaps you did not know it.
1.Winona Ryder
The actress was arrested in 2001 in Los Angeles, California, United States, accused of stealing expensive branded clothing and accessories from a luxurious store located in Beverly Hills, California, an act for which she accepted the charges and paid for the products she had taken. However, a year later she was sentenced to three years probation and three years later, her charges were amended to misdemeanors.
2. Lindsay Lohan
It seems that her artistic career was not only overshadowed by her problems with drugs and alcohol in which she immersed herself for years, since she was also arrested seven times between 2007 and 2013, mostly for drug possession, for driving while intoxicated and even on one occasion because he even stole a necklace.
3.Robert Downey Jr.
Between 1992 and 2002, the life of the famous actor who gave life to Ironman in the Marvel movies was not easy, since the excesses in the use of drugs led him to have constant arrests and legal problems that were about to end with his acting career.
4. Will Smith
The slap he gave Chris Rock during the 2022 Oscar Awards ceremony was not the first aggressive event that Will Smith starred in, since when he was 20 years old he was in prison for hitting a person with whom he had an argument.
According to the arguments of the incident, the protagonist of the series The fresh prince of Bel-Air He asked his bodyguard to hit the man he was arguing with, who ended up with multiple stitches to his face and nearly lost his life. In the end, the affected person ended up dropping the charges against him.
5. Macaulay Culkin
After all the fame and success he obtained after starring in the films My poor angel, My poor little angel 2 and Richie Richthe 42-year-old American actor took a sabbatical, during which time he got into various legal problems derived from his addiction to drugs and narcotics.
Some time later, Culkin was caught with possession of marijuana and other substances, which led to a preventive arrest, before which he paid a fine of $4,000 and was released. However, the judge found the actor guilty and he received three one-year sentences and another $540 fine.
6.Charlie Sheen
Popular American actor for his part in the series Two and a Half Men from 2003 to 2011 he is known for spending a large part of his fortune on prostitutes. In addition, most of his relationships have generated public controversy, especially since in 2015 it was revealed that he is a carrier of HIV, a disease that was diagnosed in 2011.
In addition to the fame of a womanizer that he has earned over the years, Sheen has been sued on various occasions for sexual harassment, for lack of support for his daughters and even for domestic violence against his wife Brooke Mueller. But that’s not all, he was also arrested on charges of second degree assault, threats and bad behavior, for which he spent one day in prison and was released after posting $8,500 bail.
7. Hugh Grant
The actor who was one of the most sought-after and popular in the 1990s was the subject of great controversy when he was caught having sex with a prostitute in 1995, a time when he was in a relationship with actress Elizabeth Hurley, a scandal that was so serious that he had to ask for a public apology.
But the biggest uproar of his career was in 2007, when he returned to prison, but this time temporarily and not for being found in a sexual act, but for assaulting a paparazzi He took photos of her without her consent.
8. Wesley Snipes
Despite earning a great reputation in Hollywood for being part of successful films, his career was overshadowed by tax evasion in 2008, a situation for which he spent three years in prison at the McKean Correctional Institute in Pennsylvania, United States, beginning his sentence on December 9, 2010 and ending on April 8, 2013.
Despite having had this problem with the authorities, at the end of his sentence, the actor continued with his artistic career and returned to be part of major productions and films in Hollywood.
9.Edward Furlong
Famous for his iconic youthful role as John Connor in the film Terminator 2: Judgment Daythere came a point where his career stagnated and, coupled with his problems with drug and alcohol use, Furlong was confined in an institution to treat his addictions in 1997. But upon leaving rehab, the actor was arrested twice for driving at excessive speed, which only remained in pretrial detention.
After his problems with drug use and being arrested, in 2010, he managed to resume his career and was taken into account for various film and series productions.
10.Mark Wahlberg
Before rising to fame and being nominated for an Oscar, at the age of 16, Mark Wahlberg attacked two men with a wooden stick, leaving one of those affected without vision in one eye. For this reason, he was accused of attempted murder and sentenced to two and a half years in prison, of which he only served 45 days. After leaving it, the famous American actor assured that this experience changed his life.
11.O.J. Simpson
Although he began his career as a football player in the NFL, he also dabbled as an actor by participating in some comedy projects. The life of the American athlete was involved in the scandal as a result of his second divorce, since he was suspected of murder in 1994 after his second wife was found murdered in the company of another man.
Faced with the difficult situation, after a police chase and a controversial trial, Simpson managed to avoid going to prison. But in 2007 he was arrested for illegal possession of a weapon and shoplifting, which landed him in jail. After serving his sentence, he managed to get out on probation in 2017.
12.Khloe Kardashian
In 2007, the American model was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and sentenced to three years of probation, but after breaking the rules of her sentence, she was sent to prison for 30 days, where she only spent three hours because the venue was full.
However, since her adolescence, the socialite was quite problematic, since at the age of 15 she was arrested by the police for driving without a license and having stolen her mother’s car, Kris Jenner, who had to go for her and pay a fine. to get her released.
13. Gloria Trevi
The Trevi-Andrade case has been one of the most notorious controversies in the middle of the show, since in 1999, Gloria Trevi, Sergio Andrade and Mary Boquitas were arrested in Brazil accused of crimes of kidnapping, corruption, abuse and rape of minors, reason why the Mexican singer spent four years, eight months and eight days detained in a Social Readaptation Center in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Despite all the scandal and the loose ends, in the end the innocence of the interpreter of The favor of solitudewho, since the investigations into the case began, manifested himself as one more victim, not as part of the clan of which he was his partner in the 1990s.
14. Celia Lora
Before building his career as youtuber and playmatethe daughter of singer and musician Álex Lora and Chela Lora lived through some difficult moments that marked her life, among which stands out the occasion in which she was arrested by the Mexico City police accused of running over a person and causing his death , an act that happened while driving at excessive speed and under the influence of alcohol.
After paying a bail of 20,000 pesos and serving a 99-day sentence in jail, Celia Lora managed to be released and overcome that bitter pill in her life, a fact that she does not like to touch or remember in any interview.
15. Eleazar Gomez
Another of the controversies that gave a lot to talk about was the case of Eleazar Gómez, who spent almost five months in prison after physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend, the Peruvian artist Tefi Valenzuela, who assured that the Mexican actor threatened her with death. After completing the legal process, the judge determined that the artist would remain on probation for three years after pleading guilty.
Source: Okchicas
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