Child Artists Who Went Astray

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Divya Bharti: Divya started acting at the age of 14 and soon got famous after her movie Deewana was released. She got addicted to alcohol at the age of 19. She died due to falling from her sixth floor balcony, and the investigations revealed that she was heavily drunk at that time.

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Shweta Basu Prasad: Shweta, who was seen in movie like Makdee, Iqbal, and television serials like Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki, was arrested for being involved in a prostitution racket. Apparently, the actress had to make ends meet, so she chose prostitution, as no acting offers were coming her way.

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Tatum O’Neal: Tatum O’Neal was the youngest person to win an Academy Award. She started taking drugs and alcohol at the young age of 9. At the age of 12, she was molested by her father’s drug dealer. She got addicted to heroin after her divorce. She was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. She went to rehab twice to quit her addiction.

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Taran Noah Smith: Tarah started acting at the age of 7 and became famous from his show, Home Improvement. At the age of 18, he sued his parents to get control of his trust fund. He was arrested for DUI and possession of hash.

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Shia LaBeouf: Shia became famous with Transformers. He was charged with assault, after he threatened his neighbour, who was blocking his path to the garage, by ramming his car into his neighbour’s car. He was arrested for criminal trespassing and unlawful smoking. He was involved in a car accident, and arrested for DUI, and his license was suspended as well.

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Selena Gomez: The star of the Disney show, Wizards of The Waverly Place, started drinking during her teens, and has been caught drunk by the camera several times!

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Matthew Underwood: As a child, he played roles in the shows, Just Us Kids, Method and Red. He was arrested at his home for the possessing marijuana and paraphernalia.

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Macaulay Culkin: The Home Alone star, was born in 1980, and was a successful child actor. In 2004, he was caught with 17.3 grams of marijuana and 32 milligrams of clonazepam, for which he was arrested and received three one-year suspended prison terms.

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Lindsay Lohan: The Mean Girls star, who was born in 1986, went to rehab in 2004, due to alcohol abuse. She was arrested for DUI, cocaine possession and driving without a license. She served 14 days in jail and went to rehab several times. She was also charged with the theft of a necklace, from a jewellery store.

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Jodie Sweetin: Born in 1982, Jodie began acting at mere age of 5. In 1995, she began drinking. She started taking drugs like crystal meth, ecstasy and cocaine. After 3 years of drug abuse, she admitted herself to a rehab.

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