Loni Willison, once regarded as a strikingly beautiful model who posed for numerous magazines, is now a homeless woman often seen in California scavenging through trash bins in order to survive.
According to the former fitness model, her life fell apart after her divorce from Baywatch star Jeremy Jackson.
In May 2023, X17 Online conducted an interview with Loni. In this conversation, she clearly blamed her former husband for the drastic turn her life had taken, and claimed that he once tried to strangle her.
“My ex-husband. Marriage. At least I got divorced,” she said when asked why she became homeless. “He arranged everything so that this would happen to me.”
Loni and Jeremy got married in 2012, but their relationship ended just two years later. After the divorce, Loni suffered a severe nervous breakdown, along with anxiety and depression.
Following her mental collapse, as well as struggles with alcohol and methamphetamine addiction, she lost her job and her home, eventually ending up on the streets.
Reports suggest that she was offered help multiple times, but she refused it, emphasizing her independence. She was once quoted as saying: “I don’t need help. I have everything I need.”
In another interview with X17 Online, Loni spoke about experiencing severe pain and claimed she is unable to live indoors because she feels as though she was exposed to “electricity” continuously for nearly a year, and now cannot tolerate proximity to electrical devices or radiation.
“I think because I sense electricity, I also sense other things, like certain chemicals, batteries, fuses, wires, different types of metals. It’s as if my body filters those things as well,” she said.
“I’m not sure, I would need to go through a large X-ray or ultrasound machine or something like that to see it. It’s quite intense.”
The former model’s appearance has also changed significantly; reports suggest she has lost her upper front teeth, and her overall appearance has become heavily worn and distressed.
Meanwhile, her ex-husband has remained active on social media, though he has also gone through difficult times since his Baywatch years.
In 2017, he was sentenced to 270 days in jail and placed on five years’ probation after pleading guilty in connection with a 2015 stabbing case in Los Angeles. He has also struggled with substance abuse issues.
Loni’s life remains defined by hardship: she struggles to survive day by day, carrying her few belongings in a shopping cart that follows her everywhere.
The once radiant blonde model is now barely recognizable, living in worn and dirty clothes on the streets, far removed from her former glamorous life.
