Small Wonder Child Star Jerry Supiran Broke, Homeless, Lost Money To Stripper
June 1 2012, Published 1:00 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Jerry Supiran, once a promising young star best known for his role on the 80s TV comedy Small Wonder, has spiraled into a vortex of poverty and homelessness, after a number of bad breaks took him from Hollywood's bright lights to sleeping under a bridge in central California.
“It’s been very tough,” said Jerry, in an exclusive interview with the new issue of the National Enquirer.
Jerry, now 39, who also appeared on shows including Little House on the Prairie, Newhart and Highway to Heaven, said his bad luck began more than two decades ago.
“When I was 18, I dated a stripper and she took what was left of my trust fund; then, one of my advisers stole a half-million dollars from me."
The former child star says he's "worked at different steakhouses for the last 15 years, but two years ago … was laid off from a restaurant in Henderson, Nevada, due to the economy."
Jerry, who played the role of Jamie Lawson, says he hasn't "been able to find a job since" 2010.