RJ Mitte has died
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* born with cerebral palsy
* adopted, parents separated while 2 mths old, raised only by his mother
* his mother disabled since he was 13, had to assume financial responsibility for her and his then 2yr old sister
That must have been a very difficult life, hats off to him.
It was one of the things I appreciated about BB - how many tv shows would cast someone with Cerebral Palsy in it? It made the show feel more genuine and realistic, along with being set in a place in America that isn't a well-known location.
I'm sad and angered to learn that his manager committed fraud with his tax payments - I hope the authorities pursue her and hold her accountable for that.
in case anyone was wondering (like me)
I had listened to some podcasts where he said his financial situation hadn't been great.
If you watch them, you can kind of see his mind thinking.
I think you only notice such things if you've entertained the thoughts yourself.
I had the same thought the other day, once you feel a certain way, identifying it in others is much easier. Definitely true for depression and suicide, but I guess I've also seen it be true for gay people as well (who always seem to know within seconds who is and isn't gay).
edit: another reply posted a new article that links the podcast.
His business manager stole all his money from Breaking Bad so dude actually ended up in debt because of all the taxes he owed. She never paid his taxes which he didn't find out until years later. She was sending him fake documents.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/breaking-bad-walt-jr-says-132...
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/al-pacino-broke-act-bad-f...
Cohen discovered that he had unknowingly paid a credit card bill of Lynch's for $75,000, and that most of the money in his accounts was gone, including money from his retirement accounts and charitable trust funds. This had begun as early as 1996, when Lynch started selling Cohen's music publishing rights, despite the fact that Cohen had no financial incentive to do so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen#Lawsuits_and_fin...
IIRC he did prison time for it and it was in the news again recently as it was made into a documentary.
Wait, like on The Bear?
Maybe he was way too innocent! You write a check to the IRS or have federal/state auto-detect. That option is there for sure if filing electronically.
Actors don't get or pay bills, their agent or manager does.
That's part of the justification for taking their 10%: you don't have to worry about anything, anymore. If they were young when they started, it was always like this, and they never learned such basic skills.
Do you think when someone famous drops their phone in a toilet they go stand in line at the Apple store with the normies?
No.
I wonder how many know how to write a check.
More than once I've heard a celebrity explain to an interviewer, "I don't know where the bills go."
He was later arrested for fraud.
Amazing.
I immediately smell a giant red flag! I'm dealing with a lawsuit in another country, so I can't be there more than once or twice a year. To handle that situation, I'd have to sign a power of attorney. That document was shocking to read. It gave my lawyer pretty much every possible permission, including withdrawing from the suit at his will, and it said I can't sue him, I can't change attorney, and whatnot. Funny, the doc had been in circulation for the last 50 years. I wrote a new doc and gave him the absolute minimum :-)
It may have changed by now (though I doubt it) but this kind of thing was not covered in my high school or college education and nobody else taught me anything about how taxes work, and so when I entered the workforce in my 20s I was subject to a crash course on the subject after I wound up with a surprise bill from the IRS.
Given that he entered the industry at a young age he very well may have not had anybody teach him any better which enabled the accountant to take advantage of him.
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Financial difficulties caused by mismanagement. He should have been wealthy and comfortable after his work. I feel terrible for the guy.
Grift layered on grift. What a world.
But presumably he could sue his accountant (I bet he signed something that means he can't.)
A reminder to everyone here: Even when you can’t see a way forward, one can still emerge. Stay. Reach out. You don’t have to face the darkest moments alone.
I’m hard pressed to blame this solely on his financial situations. Cerebral palsy changes the brain. It might be that he had another underlying mental illness that he was afraid to talk about because of the stigma. I mean, this is just guessing, but a lot of people live through our situations without dying by suicide.
I’m a three times suicide survivor and I can tell you it wasn’t anything financial just something that took over my body
The thing that stopped me from attempting again was 15 years ago I finally realized that no one knows what happens after you die. So I couldn’t really say for sure whether they’re dying by suicide would lead me in a better situation.
I can't imagine what you're going through but just know that you matter and that the world is a better place with you in it. I hope you are doing better and you get the help you need.
But gradually, things got better in my life. I have had so much joy in the 20 years since. I still have bad days sometimes, but on the whole, I feel such a sense of gratitude.
I can't promise anyone that their own situation will get better. I can only say that my experience is that it is possible.
I accepted life as an adventure. A true adventure, when you say "eff it", I am gonna die anyway so why not embrace the suffering as part of it.
For me though, it was my psychosis driving my SI. Not much rational thought going on.
And I try think about this the same way about my birth. I really cannot say what it was like before... So death is kind of the same. But the 'inbetween' matters. At least it mattered in my case. For now, it helps to live just by the day and not think beyond it.
If anyone is reading this and is in a dark place please know that things can be better with the right support and help.
I guess Noaidi, me, and other folks here are proof that it all works.
It works, for sure, and I need to be more vocal about my survival and how I did, and still do it. Thank you again, and I am glad you came out of all of that with such great insight. _/\_