Farewell to Gary Coleman
Legal Problems
As Coleman aged, he endured a series of legal and financial difficulties. In the late 1980s, he successfully sued his parents and former manager over the misappropriation of his multimillion-dollar trust fund, but he later went bankrupt. He was charged with assault in 1998 (he arrives for a court appearance connected with that incident in the photo above), disorderly conduct in 2007 and reckless driving in 2008, among other troubles.
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