Small Wonder child star Jerry Supiran is homeless.
Supiran, who played 12-year-old Jamie Lawson on the hit U.S sitcom, lost his small fortune to a series of unfortunate events during his teenage years and he has been having trouble finding work ever since.
He tells the National Enquirer, "When I was 18, I dated a stripper and she took what was left of my trust fund - then one of my advisers stole a half-million dollars from me.
"I've worked at different steakhouses for the last 15 years, but two years ago I was laid off from a restaurant in Henderson, Nevada, due to the economy. I haven't been able to find a job since."
And now the former actor, who also appeared in Little House on the Prairie, is living on the streets in his native California.
Supiran, aged 39, adds, "I had to move back to central California, where my brother lives with his family, and while he helps me with hot meals and a shower, he doesn't have the room for me to stay there. So I either sleep at the homeless shelter I volunteer at, or under a local bridge.
Supiran, who played 12-year-old Jamie Lawson on the hit U.S sitcom, lost his small fortune to a series of unfortunate events during his teenage years and he has been having trouble finding work ever since.
He tells the National Enquirer, "When I was 18, I dated a stripper and she took what was left of my trust fund - then one of my advisers stole a half-million dollars from me.
"I've worked at different steakhouses for the last 15 years, but two years ago I was laid off from a restaurant in Henderson, Nevada, due to the economy. I haven't been able to find a job since."
And now the former actor, who also appeared in Little House on the Prairie, is living on the streets in his native California.
Supiran, aged 39, adds, "I had to move back to central California, where my brother lives with his family, and while he helps me with hot meals and a shower, he doesn't have the room for me to stay there. So I either sleep at the homeless shelter I volunteer at, or under a local bridge.
- 5/31/2012
- WENN
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