Baywatch star Jeremy Jackson’s ex-wife Lonnie Willison has been spotted walking barefoot and rummaging through rubbish on the streets of Los Angeles.
The former swimsuit model, who has been homeless for nearly six years, reappeared in Venice on Tuesday for the first time since being seen last spring.
Willison was spotted pushing a shopping cart piled high with her belongings as she stopped in public trash cans around the tourist beach for food.
The 38-year-old, once a girl on the cover of a magazine, was unrecognizable during the observation, wearing layers of clothing and going out without shoes.
She wore a multicolored circular scarf, denim jacket, leggings, hat turned back, and tied a flannel shirt around her waist.
Willison was seen sipping a McDonald’s drink as she stopped looking for a trash can on the street earlier in the day.
She was spotted again later in the evening, smoking a cigarette and rummaging for more food in a dumpster in an alley.
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Former swimsuit model Lonnie Willison has been spotted looking for food on the streets of Venice this week
The 38-year-old, once a girl on the cover of a magazine, was unrecognizable, dressed in layers of clothes and pushing a shopping cart with her belongings.
Willison was seen stopping at public trash cans around the tourist beach town
Willison wandered the city without shoes, wearing a multicolored circular scarf, denim jacket, leggings, hat turned back, and tying a flannel shirt around his waist.
Just a few years ago, Willison, a fitness model, was seen with her ex-husband, Baywatch star Jeremy Jackson, running and appearing on the red carpet. The couple (pictured in 2011) divorced in 2014
The photos, received exclusively from DailyMail.com, are a stark contrast to Willison’s once glamorous life.
Just seven years ago, she lived out her Hollywood dream by modeling and appearing on the red carpet at glittering events with TV man Jeremy Jackson, whom she married in 2012.
But after developing a drug addiction, she fell into difficult times and slept soundly for the past six years in Venice, where the homelessness problem has reached a crisis in recent years.
Willison was found on the streets for the first time in two years in October 2020, after being homeless since about 2016.
She reportedly suffered from crystalline methamphetamine addiction and various mental health problems.
Shortly after they found her, she said The sun that she was “doing well” and had no contact with Jackson in recent years.
“I haven’t talked to Jeremy.” I don’t want to talk to my friends, I’m doing well. I don’t want anyone to help me.
Willison was seen drinking from a McDonald’s while looking for food earlier in the day.
The photos, received exclusively from DailyMail.com, are a stark contrast to Willison’s once glamorous life.
Willison has slept soundly for the past six years in Venice, where the problem of homelessness has reached a crisis in recent years
Lonnie was married to Jeremy from 2012 until their tumultuous divorce in 2014. She once accused the actor of trying to strangle her in a rage.
She insisted to The Sun that she could live [her] own ”and that she has everything [she] needs right here in Venice due to the rich nature of the area.
“I don’t have a cell phone.” I have food and I have a place to sleep. I get paid here and there and there is food in the bins and near the shops. There are many here, “she said.
Lonnie, who once graced the cover of the Australian magazine Glam Fit, seemed to be missing a lot of teeth and her hair was styled in pixies.
Before disappearing in October 2018, Lonnie revealed her tragic fall from grace in an interview with DailyMailTV earlier that month.
After developing a drug addiction, Willison fell into difficult times and continues to live on the streets
She was spotted again later in the evening smoking a cigarette and digging for more food in a rubbish bin in an alley.
Willison was found on the streets for the first time in two years in October 2020, after being homeless since about 2016.
Barefoot and hungry, Willison is hard to recognize compared to her once glamorous self
Four years ago, the former model revealed that she was evicted from her apartment in West Hollywood in 2016 after losing her job and suffering from mental health problems.
DailyMailTV reporters managed to find Loni on a busy section of Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood, where she reunited with friend and former model Christine Rossetti.
Lonnie explained to Rossetti and DailyMailTV that her unfortunate path to homelessness began in 2016, when she lost her job as an assistant at the Cosmetic Surgery Center in LA.
She then claims that she worked for a short time for a broker who refused to pay her, which only contributed to her financial, mental and emotional turmoil.
Willison also began to suffer from a severe mental illness, which led her to believe that she was being tortured in her apartment with electricity.
Unable to pay her bills or keep her job, Lonnie was eventually evicted from her West Hollywood apartment and forced to live on the streets.
“I lost two jobs and everything fell apart. “It’s been two years, I’ve been on the street since then,” she said.
The disposable swimsuit model is now often seen pushing a stroller packed with bags around Venice
Willison, who is battling addiction to crystalline methane, previously spoke about how “everything fell apart” when she lost two jobs and her mental health deteriorated.
Willison was featured on the covers of magazines, including the Australian GlamFit in 2012, before her fall
Willison’s difficulties came years after her divorce from Jeremy, which was finalized in 2014.
All her difficulties came years after her divorce from Jeremy, which was finalized in 2014.
“I was going to break up with Jeremy at the time.” I had no contact with him. All the nonsense that happened to me was so damn crazy.
At the time, DailyMail TV called on drug rehabilitation specialist Larry Marinelli, who owns a sober home at True Intentions and co-founder of True Hope Calling, to help families in a crisis of substance abuse and mental health.
Larry offered to help Lonnie for free and even set out a detailed treatment plan so she could fight her demons and get her life back on track.
Unfortunately, Lonnie refused treatment and returned to the street in less than 24 hours.