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KCOOLMUZIQ

Happy Days Star Erin Moran 'Near Broke' Living In Rundown Trailer Park

Happy Days Star Erin Moran 'Near Broke' Living In Rundown Trailer Park

WENN

By Radar Staff

Happy Days star Erin Moran is haggard, near-broke and living in a rundown trailer park!

The 51-year-old actress -- who won America’s heart as Richie Cunningham’s fresh-faced little sis Joanie on the hit ’70s sitcom -- has hit rock bottom after being evicted from her California home, sources tell the National Enquirer.

Moran's last acting gig was years ago and now she and her husband Steve Fleischmann are sharing a trailer with his elderly mother in the Berkshire Pointe Mobile Home Park in New Salisbury, Indiana.

“Life hasn’t been kind to Erin since the foreclosure of her home,” a family friend told The Enquirer. “She and Steve moved in with his ailing mother at the trailer park a few weeks back. Erin is like an angel to her mother-in-law. She cooks and cleans for her and takes care of her personal hygiene. But to look at Erin today you’d never know she was once one of TV’s biggest stars. Her peaches-and-cream complexion is a maze of wrinkles and crow’s feet. She’s aged terribly.”

Despite that, Erin -- who married Steve, 45, a former furniture mover, in 1993 -- is trying hard to maintain a good attitude, said the source.

“She’s been mingling with the locals and taking pictures with people who recognize her. She’s even frequented the local bar,” the source added.

On one rowdy night, Erin bared her breasts for the bar crowd, said the source. But in a sad twist, virtually no one knew who she was!

“Erin and Steve were having fun with some friends when someone dared Erin to flash her boobs,” said the source.

“After some heavy coaxing, Erin quickly lifted her T-shirt. But other than her few friends, no one recognized her! Most of the customers were scratching their heads and asking, ‘What was that all about?’ and ‘Who the heck is Erin Moran?’”

“It’s been a rough few years for Erin and Steve,” said the source. “He’s trying to make ends meet by working at Walmart, and all Erin can do is try and get back to work. But with her fading looks, that doesn’t seem hopeful. For now, personal appearances are her bread and butter.”

I hate to hear when things like this happens. Hopefully she will win the Happy Days lawsuit...

Erin Moran Went from Happy Days to Hard Times

more very recent pic of her

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Reply #1 posted 06/08/12 4:05pm

NDRU

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That damnned Chachi did a number on her!

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Reply #2 posted 06/08/12 4:15pm

XxAxX

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she doesn't look so bad. still has that impish grin

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Reply #3 posted 06/08/12 4:20pm

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She seemed to be mentally unstable when she did Celebrity Fit Club a few years back.

Shake it til ya make it dancing jig
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Reply #4 posted 06/08/12 7:54pm

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She's aged so bad that she actually looks older than her

tv mom Marion Ross and has been that way for several

years.

Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint
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Reply #5 posted 06/08/12 9:10pm

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^ Co-sign.

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Reply #6 posted 06/08/12 11:39pm

free2bfreeda

hopefully this will get to erin moran before she's down to her last dime.

'Happy Days' cast members' lawsuit heading for trial

By Scott Zamost, CNN
updated 3:44 PM EDT, Tue June 5, 2012
Happy Day...
"Happy Days" stars Anson Williams, Don Most, Marion Ross and Erin Moran are suing CBS for merchandise money.

(CNN) -- A judge on Tuesday refused to throw out a case filed by four cast members from the hit 1970s television show "Happy Days," who are suing to recover money from merchandise they claimed they have never received.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White denied a motion by CBS for a summary judgment, which would have ended the lawsuit. CBS owns the show.

The key issue remaining in the case is whether the actors may be entitled to payments from the sale of "Happy Days" DVDs.

White ruled that that "defendants have not met their initial burden of showing that plaintiffs are not entitled to merchandising royalties for the use of their likeness on DVD sets sold to consumers."

"The Court emphasizes that it is not making a determination on the merits of (CBS') claim, which might be proven at trial, but only that defendants have not met their initial burden" for the purpose of ending the lawsuit, White wrote.

The ruling means the case, unless it is settled, would go to trial on July 17.

Four members of the cast, Marion Ross, Don Most, Anson Williams and Erin Moran, along with the widow of Tom Bosley, sued CBS in April 2011, claiming they have not been been paid what they're owed for the worldwide sale of "Happy Days" merchandise. The series was on the air from 1974 to 1984. Bosley died in 2010.

Under their contracts, the actors were supposed to receive 5% of net proceeds, or 2.5% if their images were used in a group, the lawsuit states.

"It's a certain sense of vindication that they ruled in our favor," Most told CNN in a phone interview. "We feel obviously very pleased and happy with that ruling. It's just confirmation of what we've been claiming all along."

Asked if the cast would actually go to trial if necessary, Most said, "We didn't come this far to then all of a sudden stop. It was a big victory for us today, so we're prepared to go all the way."

In interviews with CNN last year, the actors claimed they were cut out of the merchandising bonanza from the show. Those products include comic books, T-shirts, scrapbooks, trading cards, games, lunch boxes, dolls, toy cars, magnets, greeting cards and DVDs where their images appear on the box covers.

The actors claim they never received revenue statements related to merchandising, and that CBS intentionally never intended to pay them anyway. A fraud claim had previously been dismissed by the court.

In asking the court to dismiss the case, CBS said it had paid the actors everything they were owed for merchandise and that sale of the DVDs are covered under the Screen Actors Guild agreement.

It said that agreement allows CBS to "reuse photography from 'Happy Days' to exploit the television series without making additional payments to the plaintiffs," CBS attorney Keri E. Campbell wrote in papers filed with the court. "It is undisputed that plaintiffs have received all of the residual payments for DVDs to which they are entitled."

While the actors claimed they had not been paid for all merchandise related to the show, the proceeds from the DVDs is the only remaining major issue in the case. Revenue from "Happy Days" slot machines featuring images of the actors was not as high as originally believed, plaintiffs attorney Jon Pfeiffer said. It was the actors' discovery of those slot machines several years ago that led to the lawsuit.

"The undisputed evidence shows, however, that CBS reported all revenue it received in connection with merchandise bearing the plaintiffs' name or likeness in the merchandising royalty statements provided to them and that there is no revenue that has not been reported to plaintiffs," Campbell wrote.

read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/0...index.html

“Transracial is a term that has long since been defined as the adoption of a child that is of a different race than the adoptive parents,” : https://thinkprogress.org...fb6e18544a
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Reply #7 posted 06/09/12 7:32am

KCOOLMUZIQ

I already posted about that lawsuit in this thread....

http://prince.org/msg/100/382344

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Reply #8 posted 06/09/12 9:29am

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

I already posted about that lawsuit in this thread....

http://prince.org/msg/100/382344

oops, sorry i missed the other thread b4 posting my reply #1 to this thread. hope you don't mind since my reply in this thread is closely related to the topic re: erin hopefully being able to come up outta her abyssmal financial situation.

“Transracial is a term that has long since been defined as the adoption of a child that is of a different race than the adoptive parents,” : https://thinkprogress.org...fb6e18544a
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Reply #9 posted 06/09/12 5:54pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

Its no problem...Its a honest mistake biggrin

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Reply #10 posted 06/11/12 5:12am

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disbelief

By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory!
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