Child actors you never knew went off the rails from Harry Potter star’s drug bust to joining ‘cult’ – & why it happens
thesun.co.ukTHEY were the pint-sized actors who wowed us with their mature performances in iconic TV shows and films. But fame didn't always bring these child stars a happy ending.
Last weekend it was revealed former Flight of the Navigator star Joey Cramer was jailed for two years for bank robbery. The mugshot of the now 48-year-old is a huge contrast to the sweet kid who appeared in the 1986 sci-fi movie, in which Joe co-starred with a young Sarah Jessica Parker.
After filming wrapped, Joey was bullied by his classmates and found a new group of friends - "misfits" who drank and smoked weed.
He told The Daily Star: "I got into cocaine at a really young age, 14 or 15." He went through rehab when he was 20 and stayed clean for a decade before falling off the wagon at 30.
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