Loni Willison, former model and ex-wife of Baywatch actor Jeremy Jackson, was spotted sitting alone on a Los Angeles sidewalk this week, eating lunch and surrounded by her belongings.
The 41-year-old, once a prominent figure in magazines like Glam Fit, Flavour, and Iron Man, has been seen several times in recent years searching for food, often appearing with visible bruises, a broken finger, and pushing a shopping cart full of clothes.
This sighting has shocked many, as Willison’s dramatic fall from grace — from red carpets to homelessness — is a stark contrast to her past. Her hands appeared dirty as she ate on the sidewalk.
Willison has blamed her ex-husband Jeremy Jackson for the downturn in her life. In an interview with X17 Online earlier this year, she was asked where things went wrong, to which she responded, “My ex-husband. Getting married. At least I got divorced… it set everything up.”
The couple divorced in 2014 after less than two years of marriage. Willison has alleged that Jackson tried to strangle her during a physical altercation while they were intoxicated.
In 2018, Willison was first seen living on the streets after years away from the public eye. She later revealed to DailyMail.com that she suffered a mental breakdown in 2016, leading her to believe that someone was sending electrical currents through her body, which she thought could only be relieved by using crystal meth.
Jeremy Jackson, 43, has also struggled with crystal meth addiction. In August, he shared that his addiction led him into a downward spiral, saying, “My life slipped through my hands like sand.”
Today, Jackson says he is in “remission” from his addiction, explaining in an interview with People that sobriety is often misunderstood as a marker of being in a “good place,” when addiction is, in fact, a mental illness rather than a reflection of personal character.
He added, “Yes, thank God, I am in remission from the chronic, fatal, and progressive disease I was once plagued with.”
