The youngest daughter of former Real Housewives of Orange County star Lynne Curtin is now homeless and addicted to fentanyl.
Alexa Curtin, 33, was recently discovered at a local gas station in the crime-ridden streets of Lancaster, California, with missing teeth and two missing fingers.
‘A lot of bad things have happened to me since moving out here,’ she told the L.A. To You YouTube channel in an impromptu interview.
‘It’s not really a safe place. I’m probably gonna move back to Orange County eventually – I hope I make it there.’
In heartbreaking footage, a disheveled Curtin details how she went from reality TV fame and living in one of California’s wealthiest counties to doing porn, ending up in jail, and battling drugs.
‘I was doing heroin and then I met some people, they introduced me to fentanyl, so I started doing fentanyl and basically my life just kind of went downhill,’ she said.
Alexa Curtin, who is the youngest daughter of former Real Housewives of Orange County star Lynne Curtin, is now a homeless fentanyl addict living on the streets of Lancaster (pictured)
Alexa and Lynne are pictured at an Emmys gifting suite in 2011 shortly after Lynne was let go from the hit Bravo series
‘I started smoking speed and s**t. Hanging out with the wrong people, I guess.’
She added, ‘I’m not using as much anymore as I used to. I used to use a lot, now I use a lot less.’
Curtin revealed that she’s been ‘cut off’ by her reality star mom Lynne and dad Frank, who now live in San Diego.
‘I’m kinda cut off right now until maybe I get sober and then they’re gonna supply me with money again, but right now they really don’t want anything to do with me,’ she admitted.
Curtin also claimed that she had been raped while living in Lancaster, which is ranked as one of the most dangerous cities in California.
‘The guy handcuffed me. I tried to crack the window with my head, but I couldn’t, and he covered my mouth, covered my nose. I couldn’t breathe,’ she said.
‘He raped me for like, two hours. And then he threatened to kill me. He let me go eventually, but during that time I really thought that was gonna be it for me,’ Curtin continued.
‘A lot of bad things have happened to me since moving out here. It’s not really a safe place.’
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Alexa Curtin, 33, was recently discovered at a local gas station in the crime-ridden streets of Lancaster, California, with missing teeth and two missing fingers
The former reality star is pictured looking fresh-faced in an old Facebook photo
Alexa (far right) and her older sister Raquel (far left) are pictured with mom Lynne in an old photo
She also revealed that she’s missing two fingers from one of her hands, which she says was from a ‘bad car accident’.
Curtin and her older sister Raquel’s wild partying was heavily featured on the early seasons of The Real Housewives of Orange County, when they were both still teenagers.
One memorable storyline saw cast member Gretchen Rossi attempt to take Curtin under her wing, while also urging Lynne to discipline her daughters for their underage drinking.
Furious over Gretchen’s concerns, a defensive Lynne snapped one episode and said, ‘Until you have kids you can’t really talk to anybody that has kids and judge them and tell them what to do!’
Just a few years after that scene aired, Curtin, a high school dropout, and her sister Raquel started doing porn.
‘I moved to L.A., I did porn for a year, then I stopped doing porn, moved back to Orange County, got my boobs done, got my nose done, and I was ballin,’ Curtin recalled.
‘Unfortunately, all the money ran out,’ she added with a weary laugh.
Lynne was a main cast member on seasons four and five of The Real Housewives of Orange County
Curtin and her older sister Raquel’s wild partying was heavily featured on the early seasons of the show, when they were both still teenagers
It was at this point that Curtin started getting in trouble with the law.
In 2016, she was charged with two misdemeanors – possession of a controlled substance and possession of controlled substance paraphernalia – after being found with drugs in her car.
In April, 2018, Curtin was then charged with driving under the influence from a prior arrest where cops found items used to smoke heroin.
She spent four days in jail in August, 2018, and was taken to court to enter a plea for the three separate criminal cases filed against her: possession of a controlled substance paraphernalia, vandalism, petty theft and driving under the influence of a drug.
In 2021, Curtin received a 68-day jail sentence after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled substance and substance paraphernalia, driving under the influence, driving without a valid license, vandalism and petty theft, according to documents obtained by The Blast.
She found herself behind bars once again last July after pleading guilty for possession of meth.
Lynne is currently a success jewelry and accessories designer based in San Diego
Looking back on her younger years, Curtin said that she believes her ‘unstable’ childhood thwarted her potential and put her on a tumultuous path in life
In 2017, Curtin was awarded $2.25million in a lawsuit she filed against Orange County and a Deputy Sheriff, who she testified raped her in 2014, according to People.
However, it’s unclear how much money she actually walked away with, as the award was later challenged by the county.
‘I was scared for my life… This guy had a badge and a gun and the ability to kill me,’ Curtin testified at the time.
Looking back on her younger years, Curtin said that she believes her ‘unstable’ childhood thwarted her potential and put her on a tumultuous path.
‘My life was kind of unstable growing up. My parents moved a lot and it made it really hard for me to get the grounds to build my life,’ she said.
‘It just held me back. So I wasn’t able to succeed in a lot of things. There’s so much more that I could have done, but because of the fact that we were constantly switching school systems and stuff, it made it really f***ing hard. I didn’t have any stable relationships.’
Alexa’s older sister Raquel (pictured) is still doing porn and performs under the name Suttin Suicide
Lynne is still close with Raquel and the pair even attended Coachella together in 2024
In one infamous 2010 episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Curtin and her sister Raquel were captured on camera being served with an eviction notice inside their parents’ home.
It was later revealed that Lynne and Frank had been served multiple eviction notices over the years and the lavish life they portrayed on reality TV was largely smoke and mirrors.
Lynne was let go from the hit Bravo series shortly after and later divorced Frank.
The former Real Housewife has bounced back since then and now runs successful jewelry and accessories company called The Lynne Curtin Collection.
She also remains close with her eldest daughter Raquel, who still does porn under the name Suttin Suicide.
As for Alexa, she says things are now so bad that she can’t afford a phone and doesn’t even have ID.
‘I’m actually trying to make some money right now so I can get a phone,’ she said.
‘I have nothing. I have to literally start from the ground up. It’s gonna be difficult, but I’m actively trying to do that.’
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