Daveigh Chase's Mom Details Lilo & Stitch Alum's Struggles With Addiction Before Her Death
Her mother said the former child star had battled addiction and homelessness before dying at 35 from meningitis and a blood infection, TMZ reported.
- Former child star Daveigh Chase died Tuesday, June 16, at 35, boyfriend Roy Hernandez announced, citing hospitalization for malnutrition, meningitis, and a blood infection that caused septic complications.
- Mother Cathy Chase revealed her daughter struggled with addiction following a 2016 motorcycle accident that injured her back, with doctors prescribing oxycodone and other painkillers that she believes triggered substance abuse.
- Following jail stints for burglary charges, Chase experienced homelessness, with her mother searching downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row, having not seen her daughter since 2019 and noting she was "completely gone, like, out of her mind."
- Cathy stated her daughter was never diagnosed with mental health issues beyond PTSD from the crash, though she had several run-ins with law enforcement and appeared severely altered by drug use in her final years.
- Before her struggles, Chase gained fame as the voice of Lilo in Disney's 2002 animated hit "Lilo & Stitch" and played Samantha in the 2001 thriller "Donnie Darko," also appearing in "The Ring" and television series including "Big Love" and "Charmed.
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Daveigh Chase's mother says late 'The Ring' star struggled with addiction after back injury: 'She was completely gone'
Daveigh Chase's mother said that 'drugs took hold of' the late 'Lilo & Stitch' actress after she was prescribed painkillers for a back injury she sustained in a motorcycle accident around 2016.
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