Diminutive former child star Gary Coleman is in trouble again. It's hard to believe that the cute, fat-cheeked little tyke that made us guffaw with his streetwise antics on the sugary "Diff'rent Strokes" sitcom seems to have fallen so far
Life has not been particularly happy for Coleman since he left the show. While he has appeared in a few t.v. movies, done small guest roles on sitcoms and been a participant on a reality television show, grownup success has eluded him. His chief aim to fame, recently, has been publicity over his various legal problems.
First, he wrangled over earnings he alleged his parents plowed through, leaving him with virtually nothing. Then he got charged with assault for punching a woman who joked him about his sagging career. In 2007, he got a citation for disorderly conduct for publicly arguing with the woman who became his wife, whom he later divorced.
So, what has the 40-year-old done lately?
While backing out of a bowling alley in his truck, he hit a car and a pedestrian he was allegedly peeved at for trying to photograph him.
Despite suspicions others may have, Coleman claims it was just an "accident".
Yeah. Right.