Today, a photograph of a female wanderer circulates in major gossip magazines. His short, unkempt hair, dirty fingers, several missing teeth, and clothes he had picked up like rags.
No one would believe that the woman who was picking up someone else's leftover pizza from the trash can was once a glamorous beauty model or the wife of a popular Hollywood actor. Her life situation can really only be described by the word tragic.
Loni Willison is 37 years old, which is also her fifth year from model to tramp. She used to be a regular at American magazines. He has also done advertising for LV, Nike and other brands, and once earned a lot of money.
Blonde hair, healthy skin tone, good bodybuilding. Loni quickly gained a foothold in the modeling world, once appearing as the cover girl of GlamFit
Loni is also one of Hollywood's most famous swimsuit models, known for her bright smile and white teeth, and often teaches fitness tips in magazines. He was also a finalist at the 2012 Modeling & Fitness World Series.
Loni has always felt healthy and sweet, and while her career was booming, she also met her husband, Hollywood actor Jeremy Jackson, who was three years older than her.
No one thought that this would be a disaster in Loni's life. Married to a hot man, Loni once gained greater popularity, but almost lost her life, which caused her to live on the streets now.
The year Loni made her debut in a modeling competition, she married Jeremy Jackson, who was much more famous than she was.
For Americans, it's not an exaggeration for many to say that they grew up watching Jeremy Jackson grow up. He has been a child star in Hollywood since the age of 6, and received the hit American drama "Beach Guard Messenger" in the 90s at the age of 10. (Dwayne Johnson also starred in the movie version a few years ago)
This eye-catching work with many beautiful women and handsome men, and all wearing only swimsuits, detonated the ratings of the United States at that time. And Jeremy, who plays the son of tough guy actor David Hasselhoff in the play, naturally gets a lot of attention.
According to statistics, his number of episodes is second only to the male protagonist David himself, and he has been acting in the crew for 10 years.
The popular child star career allowed Jeremy to get a variety of job opportunities, publish biographies, shoot advertisements, run her own fitness institution, and make a splash in Hollywood.
But Jeremy, like many child stars, can't accept the child star ring that is slowly disappearing in growth. He soon immersed himself in the aura of his childhood, feeling that he was the first in the universe and omnipotent. Soon he developed a very serious drug addiction and suffered from alcoholism and an extremely chaotic private life.
Later, his drug use was so serious that it affected his acting, and the crew had to fire him. The mischievous man was quickly caught by the police for possession of methamphetamine and attempted drug trafficking, but considering that he had no case, he was only sentenced to 90 days in prison.
Even so, Hollywood is still very tolerant of the legal coffee actor, and although he has a bad reputation, he still continues to invite. He also often appears on the show to share alcoholism and drug addiction with the audience as a kind of talking point. It wasn't long before he met Loni, who also loved fitness and surfing, and the two soon fell in love and got married.
In the years before they got married, they were often seen as a model couple, inseparable on the red carpet and showing off their affection. Everyone thought that the rebellious and depraved Jeremy was finally on the right track in life after meeting Loni, but the heinous thing was behind.
Jeremy showed a terrible propensity for violence while selling misery on television about the problem of alcoholism and drug addiction. After marrying Loni, he had several violent encounters with people, twice arrested by the police for stabbing innocent women with knives.
But what is speechless is that people's tolerance for him continues. On two occasions he wounded people with knives, and once the police listened to his claims of legitimate self-defense and did not prosecute at all. Another time, he was sentenced to only 270 days in prison, suspended for 5 years, and did not sit in jail for a day!
During this time, Loni could not stand her husband who was crazy every day and chose to live separately from him, but she herself suffered from mental illness under her husband's violence. But it is infuriating that her husband has not accepted the lesson at all, harassing Loni while also appearing on a variety show.
In the case of drug abuse and injury, Jeremy also went to participate in the all-star version of the ace reality show "Big Brother". He actually went crazy on the spot in the show, and forcibly ripped off the bathrobe of British model Chloe Goodman in front of the camera.
Although this foul-smelling behavior caused Jeremy to be dropped off by the program team, he still did not pay the price he deserved. This made Loni, who has been very low-key after the divorce, unable to help speak up for the insulted female model, and also revealed the dark side of their marriage for the first time:
"Chloe was supposed to go to the police station to report the crime, and when he attacked me, I was so scared that I didn't dare to report it, and I was in a bad mental condition at that time and I didn't want him to go to jail. But now at least everyone knows what I've been through over the years that I can't stand. The producers of the show knew that he was addicted to alcohol and alcohol, and it was incomprehensible that he would drink alcohol to give him the opportunity to appear on the show. This evil deed of his is bound to happen. ”
As a result, not long after Loni spoke, he was approached by Jeremy. Loni was attacked at home by her crazy husband, who was nearly strangled to death, with broken ribs, a neck injury, and a scratch on her face. The police transcript recorded that Jeremy strangled the victim's neck and covered her nose and mouth with one hand so that she could not breathe or call for help.
Loni also released the threatening audios Jeremy sent to her the day before he tried to strangle her. It was a rap about "wife-killing fantasies" with lyrics that read, "I want to kill you and take you to my iron house to cool off, I guess you like it." You think you're stepping on my head, but you're actually being pressed under me, and I'm the Reaper, Jeremy Jackson..."
But the allegations of attempted murder were eventually dismissed, and Loni's spirit began to completely collapse during that time. At that time, in 2016, she divorced after nearly being killed and left the frightening show business circle, one of which was also afraid of retribution by her ex-husband.
She started out as an assistant at a plastic surgery hospital in Los Angeles, but soon her mental problems led to her being fired. Then she tried to work as a real estate agent, but after working, the boss was in arrears.
This increased her financial, mental and emotional fluctuations. Her illness became more and more serious, and she even began to use drugs and alcohol like her ex-husband, and was forced to do electric shock therapy at home by relatives. During this time, the ex-husband was still following her.
Shocks, fears, illnesses and medications made her completely incapacitated from work. Eventually she was swept out of her high-end apartment in West Los Angeles and forced to live on the streets.
She had only one suitcase with her when she left. But soon, her only possessions were robbed by the street tramps, and Loni, a once beautiful and bright woman, disappeared into Hollywood like a human evaporation.
Maybe she changed careers? Maybe he was rescued by relatives? It was two full years before the Hollywood Reporter found the answer.
Loni was first discovered in October 2018 after two years of disappearance, and her appearance shocked the nation. Her trademark long blonde hair was gone.
Her arms, legs, toes and nails were stained with dirt, there were open wounds on her arms, and her fingers were severely injured. She was found rummaging through a Hollywood trash can, pushing a shopping cart full of scrap.
The reporter later learned that Loni had not picked herself up since being kicked out of the apartment and had been wandering the streets. She was constantly plagued by her ex-husband's intimidation and mental illness.
She hadn't showered in a year, and living on the streets taught her that she had to stay dirty to save her life. A beautiful female tramp like her is usually raped by someone else.
She was often robbed and beaten, so she deliberately made herself very dirty and smelly, cutting off her hair to show no gender, so that bad people did not dare to approach her.
Loni's friends from modeling found out, and they also contacted drug rehabilitation experts and found Loni on the street to help her get back to normal life.
A friend took Loni to the hotel and told her to eat a hot meal, take a hot shower, and sleep comfortably. Loni accepts her friend's kindness, but the next day she leaves again and returns to the garbage heap.
Loni refused to attend the treatment, perhaps already frightened by the former electrotherapy. My friend said sadly, "I can't believe what she looks like, we spent the night together, but she's no longer the girl I know." The expression on her face changed, and something in her body disappeared. ”
Loni admits that she is the one who was defeated by life, and when she has mental problems, she becomes more inferior and autistic.
"Nobody really cares about me, I don't want to see them, I have a lot of friends and family, but I've had a hard time telling them what I want to express, and they look at me more and more strangely, so I don't want to talk to anyone anymore."
"It didn't do me any good, I was just getting more and more frustrated."
In 2020, Loni was photographed by reporters again, and it was clear that her condition was worse than when she was just wandering. Several of her front teeth were gone.
But her mood has improved a lot, and in front of reporters, she stubbornly said that she did not need help and could live alone. She even joked that it was a pleasure to be a tramp in Los Angeles.
"It's a wandering paradise, and people in Los Angeles love to throw things. I didn't have a mobile phone but there was a lot of food in the trash can and outside the store, a place to sleep and money to be picked up everywhere. Here 2 mao, there 4 mao, I live like this. ”
She also understands the homeless man who snatched his own things, because wandering on the street, survival is the only goal, no matter what you pay or what method you use. She said her happiest time was when she could get the sun.
The same Los Angeles, the same Hollywood full of fashion and dreams. It's just that the pretty houses are gone, the beautiful looks and figures are gone, the working family is gone, but the California sunshine never disappoints.
When the reporter found Loni today, she was sharing the pizza she had just picked up from the trash can with the little squirrel, and seemed to be still trying to accept the life of being a tramp.
Ironically, the ex-husband who had brought her to this point and caused her insanity. But it has become a model of successful drug rehabilitation, and even a leader in the fitness industry in Los Angeles today. He still lives in a big house and celebrates his 40th birthday with his fox friends.
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In the same Los Angeles sun, he has been forgiven and praised for his alcoholism, drug addiction, domestic violence, and attempted murder. And she can only accept the fate of wandering, becoming a page in the tabloid lace news.
When asked by a reporter if Loni wanted to leave the streets and return to normal life, she replied:
"Yes, I suppose. I want to have a new life, but I can't. ”