A mugshot could also be the very last thing you may be expecting to carry you status and fortune, and least of all a new occupation. Too again and again the rich and famous have found their faces splashed over the news as police stations free up their mugshots to the media. And while celebrity mugshots over the years have change into, sadly, somewhat now not so sudden due to their every now and then hedonistic life, every now and then a mugshot from a civilian will go viral, bringing consideration to their lives, and maybe even converting them within the process.
This happened to Jeremy Meeks in 2014. Meeks, 32 at the time of his arrest, used to be so photogenic in his mugshot that it ended in him obtaining a modeling contract, and strutting the catwalk on the 2017 New York Fashion Week upon his free up from jail.
Meeks already had one son with his first spouse, prior to his preliminary arrest, and his family grew after he had a 2nd son with his then-girlfriend after his stint in jail. What has the good-looking dad needed to say about his family?
7 Who Is Jeremy Meeks?
Meeks made headlines world wide in June 2014 after his arrest for his involvement with the Crips gang. Stockton Police Department had performed a gang sweep known as Operation Ceasefire, and arrested Meeks and two others, posting their mugshots on Facebook. Awaiting trial, Meeks' mugshot won reputation due to his good seems to be, acquiring over 15,000 likes on his mugshot in 24 hours on Facebook by myself. The media began relating to him as the "hot felon." As Meeks had prior to now served time in 2002 and was present in ownership of a firearm, he used to be charged with one rely of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Meeks was once sentenced to 27 months in prison, ultimately serving 13 months between February 2015 and March 2016.
6 A Mugshot Career
On March 4, 2016, 4 days earlier than he was released from jail, White Cross Management announced that they had signed a management contract with Meeks. His runway debut occurred the following February at the New York Public Library all through New York Fashion Week. Meeks persisted running in the following years, including alongside Gigi Hadid at the 2018 Milan Fashion Week, and participating with Frankfurt-based model company Fashion Concept GmbH on a fashion line in Meeks' name, launched in July 2020. That yr additionally noticed Meeks' performing debut as he starred in the characteristic film Trigger, alongside Kylie Jenner's ex-bestie Jordyn Woods.
5 Top(Shop) Girlfriend
Meeks and Topshop heiress and Made In Chelsea alumn Chloe Green have been noticed kissing on a yacht in June 2017 in Turkey. Meeks was still legally married to his first wife Melissa Meeks at the time. Two weeks later, a source told US Weekly that the two had immediate chemistry, however were taking things slowly. A week later he confirmed the 2 have been a couple, telling paparazzi that he and Green were in love. The pair spent the next few months touring the arena, and in March 2018, they introduced they have been anticipating.
4 Jayden Is Born
Jayden Meeks-Green was once born in May 2018, the primary child of Chloe Green and the second of Jeremy Meeks. The couple introduced the beginning on Instagram, writing "Mommy and Baby both doing well. We kindly ask to respect our privacy please. Much love Chloe & Jeremy." And in spite of engagement rumors in the summer of 2019, the 2 reportedly called it quits that August, with Meeks having nothing however supportive phrases to say about his ex of two years.
3 How To Co-Parent
"I am single. I am trying to focus on self," the model told Extra in October 2020. "I have an incredible relationship with Chloe... the mother of my 2-year-old. And now I have a relationship with the mother of my oldest son… We're all co-parenting. They are incredible mothers,” he said, referencing both Green and Melissa Meeks, his ex-wife and mother to his first child Jeremy Meeks Jr, 11. In 2019, Meeks posted an image of Green with Jeremy Jr to his Instagram page with the caption "I really like this picture [Chloe Green] thank you for loving him like he’s yours," accompanied by the praying hand emoji.
The model also talked about the difficulties he and other parents over the country have been facing during lockdown while children are at home a lot more than most parents are used to. "I understand that like the rest of the United States, I am not smarter than a fourth-grader," he said.
2 A Dark Past
And while the former felon and his two exes work out how to co-parent their children (a court has ruled that Jeremy Jr must spend 70% of his time with his father,) Meeks shared dark facts about his own childhood that he doesn't want to see repeated. "Both of my parents have been heroin addicts," said Meeks, "I used to be a heroin baby. So, my youth was very, very darkish. My dad committed a homicide when I used to be 9 months outdated and killed my mum's absolute best buddy. Because he used to be on the lookout for us and she used to be the one one who knew the place we have been at. And she would not tell him, so he stabbed her to loss of life. Not knowing that we had rented the apartment right above her."
1 A Brighter Future
While for now it seems like the felon-turned-model-turned-actor is keeping his youngest son out of the limelight, Meeks is certainly not shy to show off his eldest son Jeremy Jr. to his followers on social media. Calling his son his "mini me," Jeremy Jr. makes frequent appearences on the star's Instagram page, where Meeks has posted throwback pictures of Jeremy Jr. as as an infant, captioned "TBT…. Lil Jeremy’s first haircut. It’s crazy. He’ll be 12 yrs previous in a pair months. I really like you Baby Boy. More than phrases may just EVER give an explanation for."
At the beginning of 2020, Meeks also posted an image of the pair, writing "Happy New Year........2020 is gonna be so amazing. I've so much to work on and alternate however I’m excited for the longer term. I’m additionally very pleased with my children I’m #blessed beyond trust." Later that year, Meeks and his son joined thousands of protesters marching through Beverly Hills to show support to the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.
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