Daveigh Chase's Mom Speaks Out
Newser • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Daveigh Chase, former child star known for The Ring and Lilo & Stitch, struggled with addiction to oxycodone and other painkillers following a 2016 motorcycle crash that injured her back, according to her mother Cathy Chase.
- Cathy Chase detailed her daughter's decline, including legal troubles and time in jail, noting that Daveigh appeared "completely gone" during a 2019 visit and subsequently disappeared from her life.
- Former manager John Ryan Jr. stated that Daveigh battled alcohol more than heavy drugs, attended rehab, and had a period of sobriety before losing contact in 2015.
- Cathy Chase continued searching for her daughter, even looking for her on Skid Row in Los Angeles after seeing a video of a frail woman she believed was Daveigh.
- Daveigh Chase died at age 35 from complications of meningitis and blood infections; her mother identified her body and prayed over her with a hospital chaplain.
