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Man, I don't like this.
I checked out the go fund me and while it's never stated explicitly, one might come to the conclusion that she was homeless.
I also didn't like the vibe of the go fun me.
Tried to find out who her boyfriend was and there was almost nothing about him online, which isn't necessarily a red flag.
I just can't help but be a cynic when it comes to former child stars being in precarious situations and living in LA. My assumption is always that whomever finds them and attaches themselves to them isn't going to be a good person. Maybe I'm being judgy. I dunno. At first I didn't want to say anything, because it could just be bs and maybe they had a happy life in a safe home and they just like wearing beanies and layers of clothes for fun. Maybe it's totally normal for your boyfriend to air out your trauma in a fundraiser and post several pictures where he is the focus of the image and not you while he asks for money for your final days. Maybe I'm just being a judgy bitch.
And then I found a couple of articles talking about how her family and friends have been looking for her since 2017 and there's a PI trying to track her down on fucking Skid Row of all places and last she was spotted she was skin and bones and seemed exhausted.
She has been in trouble with the law with drug possession and joyriding from what I could understand and according to her old manager she was homeless and her boyfriend is in his opinion an opportunist.
Who is right? Who is wrong? Her boyfriend frames himself as a white knight in the go fund me. Maybe he is. Maybe all my alarm bells in my head is just me being judgy af. Maybe all these articles are fiction on tabloid sites. I don't know. I just know that there is something not right about this situation.
At the end of the day, it's tragic no matter what is true. The picture I'm getting of Chase's last years is one of homelessness, substance abuse and extreme psychological suffering.
As some people also mentioned in this thread, she was preyed upon by Diddy and Ashton Kutcher, which I can only imagine what they did to her psyche and sense of self.
I lean towards believing these tabloid sites, mostly because it is eerily common for former child actors to end up on the street when Hollywood is done sucking their youth and innocence from them, but make up your own minds.
Rest in peace, Daveigh Chase. You were wronged and failed by the adults who were supposed to protect you.