CRIME TO CATWALK
What crimes did Jeremy Meeks commit and where is he now?
JEREMY Meeks garnered the nickname the Blue-Eyed Bandit after his mugshot went viral in 2014.
The ex-convict turned his life around and has walked on catwalks for some of the most famous clothing brands in fashion.
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What crimes did Jeremy Meeks commit?
Jeremy Meeks is a former convict from Washington State.
In 2002, he was charged with robbery and violently assaulting a 16-year-old boy when he was 18.
After taking a plea deal, he was sentenced to serve two years in a California prison.
However, he ended up spending nine years in jail.
Next, Jeremy was charged with gun possession and resisting arrest in June 2014.
It was after this arrest that he shot to fame when police circulated his mugshot on Facebook.
Jeremy was jailed again and released from Mendota Federal Correctional Institution on March 8, 2016.
Where is Jeremy Meeks now?
Since leaving jail, Jeremy has been living the high life.
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His now famous mugshot saw him snapped up by a top modelling agency as soon as he left jail.
Turning his back on crime, he has become a successful model and has walked for some of the biggest fashion houses.
Jeremy has a net worth of around £4 million.
He now lives in a luxury mansion and drives a £120,000 sports car.
Meeks is set to star in Doggmen, a movie that New York rapper DMX planned to complete before he passed away on April 2, 2021.
Doggmen is an action thriller written and directed by Antonio Simmons and co-starring Sean Blakemore, Chris Jai Alex, and Tara Reid.
DMX's scenes will reportedly be finished with CGI.
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Does Jeremy Meeks have children?
In 2017, Jeremy Meeks went public with his relationship with Topshop heiress Chloe Green.
Although reported that Meeks was still married to his wife, Melissa, he filed for divorce in October 2017.
He shares a son with his now ex-wife and was a stepfather to Melissa's son from a previous relationship.
Jeremy and Chloe welcomed a son together on May 29, 2018.
In a 2021 interview with , Jeremy confessed that his children are his motivation.
"My kids changed my life, as wild as it was, my kids slow me down and now they are my motivation and they are my fuel to what I do, why I do it,” he said.
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