because what goes up must come down
hey guys it's phoebe from watchmojo
today we're counting down our picks for
the top 10 reality stars whose lives
fell apart during a search of his house
they say they found meth
marijuana and illegal firearms we're
taking a look at reality stars who went
off the rails in one way or another
after their tv appearances
regardless of whether or not they've
gotten it back together since let's get
to it
if i walked in the door and see myself
i'll probably grab my girl real quick
number 10 farrah abraham 16 and pregnant
and teen mom
farrah shot to public attention when she
appeared on the hit mtv reality show
16 and pregnant during its first season
in 2009.
the show documented her pregnancy and
first months of motherhood and it
developed enough of a following for a
spin-off series
starring her and other 16 and pregnant
co-stars called teen mom
to launch later that same year you know
like i'm going to school and i'm working
and
i kind of miss being 16. after leaving
the show and releasing her critically
panned debut studio album in 2012
however
farrah's career path changed drastically
when she appeared in several
pornographic videos
and she took up a residency at a
gentleman's club in texas
in the following years i'm not like
trashy and like oh yeah i was having sex
and
making a porno no i'm not like that
number nine
david rainey the real world the real
world is often credited with launching
the reality tv
craze back in the early 90s and when
david puck rainey appeared on the show's
third season in 1994
it was still red hot he became famous
or rather infamous for his toxic
relationship with the other cast members
many of whom accused david of seriously
poor hygiene and cleanliness
i'm like hey dude i'm a bike messenger
get used to it he was eventually evicted
his troubles didn't end there however as
he ran into a series of legal problems
once off the show
arrested for domestic violence in 2003
jailed for battery in 2009
faced multiple charges surrounding a
drunk driving incident in 2010
and a few more you know i lost
everything i had nothing
i didn't have a pair of sneakers last we
heard he was on felony probation and was
not permitted to leave los angeles
number eight chumley also known as
austin lee russell
pawn stars austin russell who you
probably only know as chum lee
is known for his time on history
channel's pawn stars where he quickly
became a fan
favorite what's your bottom number i'd
say about 600
it's not gonna happen in fact his
success led him to start his own
profitable side business selling novelty
items so that he could more effectively
capitalize on selling his own merch to
adoring fans
but he eventually ran into some serious
legal troubles in 2016
when his home was raided while he was
being investigated for sexual assault
allegations
and police found various drugs and a
stockhouse of legally owned weapons
including handguns shotguns and rifles
shockingly though he was quickly
released on bond charged with
20 counts of felony and only sentenced
to three years probation
we'd call that extremely lucky number 7.
richard hatch survivor richard is no
stranger to the reality tv limelight
he won the first season of survivor and
appeared on an all-star edition of the
show
and also appeared on both celebrity
apprentice and the biggest loser
but in 2006 he was charged with tax
evasion for failing to pay taxes on his
survivor winnings
and spent 51 months in prison did you
pay those taxes
you'll learn that at the hearing on
january 10th he's not the only survivor
star to run into trouble after the show
either
a second and 25th season cast member
michael scoopin
served a year in prison for larceny
racketeering and
child pornography charges number six
adam josinski big brother talk about a
story of redemption
adam josinski won big brother nine in
2008
and enjoyed all the highs that come with
winning half a million dollars and
having his face plastered across
national tv
eventually though this meant descending
into addiction and crime
he used his winnings from big brother to
purchase oxycodone pills
with the intent to distribute but was
busted by the dea in 2009
and served four years in prison but and
here's some good news for a change
josinski reformed his life after being
released writing a resource book on drug
addiction
and is now an addiction recovery
consultant who works in the mental
health field
and i take you from start to finish from
prevention to your kid coming home and
what to do after they get off of drugs
is vital number five michael sorrentino
jersey shore mike the situation
sorrentino was a standout member of the
jersey shore crew
and he quickly skyrocketed to fame after
the show's first season
this is the situation right here my abs
are so ripped up it's
we call it the situation it's claimed
that he made over 5 million dollars in
2010 alone
due to his fame and subsequent business
endorsement deals
but fame couldn't stop the situation's
life from falling apart
when he checked himself into rehab for
oxycodone abuse in 2012
and was arrested for assault and charged
with tax fraud in 2014
he didn't serve his tax evasion sentence
until january of 2019
and will be released in september of the
same year but don't worry
he apparently loves prison according to
an april 2019
interview with cosmo number four teresa
giudice
the real housewives of new jersey this
star rose to prominence based on her
time on the real housewives of new
jersey
and later appeared on the celebrity
apprentice in 2012.
she also found success outside of the
reality tv sphere offering multiple new
york times best-selling cookbooks
i didn't know i was committing a crime
the government saw it differently
i got sentenced but in 2013 she and her
husband were charged with conspiracy to
commit bankruptcy fraud
among a number of other charges teresa
ultimately served 11 months in prison
prostitution [ __ ] you are 50 days
19 times
she's not the only housewives cast
member who starred and went off the
rails either
as fellow real housewives of new jersey
star danielle staub
filed for bankruptcy and entered
psychological and addiction treatment
after leaving the show
and the real housewives of atlanta star
apollo nida served about five years for
identity theft and
bank fraud number three renee allway
america's next top model renee performed
well during her time on reality tv
coming in third place in the eighth
season of america's next top model and
was the runner-up in a top model
spin-off series called
modelville but things went downhill
quickly from there
she was arrested for multiple offenses
in 2013
including theft fraud burglary drug
possession and committing a felony on
bail
not to mention her other prior arrests
that same year
she was sentenced to 12 years in prison
but was released in april of 2018.
who do you think you hurt the most
my children and myself luckily renee is
now clean and sober
and looking back on her prison time is
the thing that saved her from eventually
taking her own life
during her struggle with addiction
number 2
josh duggar 19 kids and counting 19 kids
and counting was an extremely popular
tlc reality show
averaging a reported 2.3 million viewers
per episode in 2015
but all that came to a crashing halt by
the end of the season when tlc
canceled the series following reports
that the eldest son of the duggar family
josh
molested five girls four of them his
sisters
in 2002 and 2003. why i mean was that a
question that you asked he said
he was just curious about girls and he
had gone in and just
basically touched them over their
clothes while they were sleeping they
didn't know he had done it despite
admitting his guilt and apologizing
josh was never prosecuted because the
statute of limitations on the crimes in
question had
expired but josh was further rocked by
scandals that same year
when it was revealed he was a member of
the affair-promoting website ashley
madison
and he was accused of assaulting porn
star danica dillon during consensual sex
at a strip club in philadelphia
he's been spending years and years
trying to like
interfere with gay people's right to get
married and so
seeing that kind of come back on him and
seeing his own marriage get sort of
taken for a ride you know it felt like
karma
i'm not even gonna try to make a joke
about that last entry before we get to
our top pick
here are some honorable or are they
dishonorable
mentions i lost all my money i lost
everything the
network sided with my ex-wife they paid
for her divorce attorneys everything
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alright back to business number one tim
zicker
irt deadliest rhodes nothing signals a
fall from reality tv stardom like
threatening to kill
a prostitute tim zicker was a driver on
season two of the short-lived spin-off
of ice road truckers called deadliest
roads
and found himself in a world of trouble
when allegations surfaced that he
kidnapped
abused and extorted a woman he claimed
stole money from him
it turns out he gave this woman his atm
card to withdraw money for sexual
services
but later exploded in rage when the las
vegas sex worker took
too much he then tied her up and beat
her attempting to retrieve the money for
someone who could pay for her
that someone ended up being a cop who
swiftly put him in handcuffs
i'm being charged right now with first
degree kidnapping
first-degree extortion first degree
coercion tim was sentenced to anywhere
from five to 15 years in prison in 2015
and is still serving his sentence as of
2019.
well you know what they say those who
fly the highest
what's the rest of that saying what'd
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