Former RHOC star Lynne Curtain’s daughter Alexa Curtin says she’s homeless, battling fentanyl addiction and trying to rebuild her life
Alexa Curtin, the youngest daughter of former Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Lynne Curtin, is opening up about her life today, and the picture she paints is heartbreaking.
In a recent street interview with LAtoyouinterviews filmed in Lancaster, California, the 33-year-old revealed she is currently homeless and struggling with fentanyl addiction after years of legal trouble, instability, and trauma.
“A lot of bad things have happened to me since moving out here,” Alexa said in the video. “It’s not really a safe place. I’m probably gonna move back to Orange County eventually — I hope I make it there.”
Once known to Bravo viewers as a teenager growing up in Orange County during RHOC’s early seasons, Alexa described how her life spiraled after experimenting with drugs.
“I was doing heroin and then I met some people, they introduced me to fentanyl… and basically my life just kind of went downhill,” she admitted. “I started smoking speed and hanging out with the wrong people.”
She said she is using less than she once did, but is still struggling. Alexa also shared that her parents have cut financial ties with her until she becomes sober.
“I’m kinda cut off right now until maybe I get sober and then they’re gonna supply me with money again,” she said. “Right now they really don’t want anything to do with me.”
The interview also included disturbing details about violence she says she experienced while living in Lancaster, including an alleged sexual assault. Alexa said the experience left her fearing for her life and deeply traumatized.
In addition to addiction and homelessness, she revealed she has lost two fingers from a past car accident and currently cannot afford a phone or valid identification.
“I have nothing. I have to literally start from the ground up,” she said. “It’s gonna be difficult, but I’m actively trying.”
Alexa’s legal history stretches back nearly a decade. She has faced multiple drug-related arrests and jail sentences since 2016. In 2017, she won a multimillion-dollar civil judgment in a lawsuit against an Orange County sheriff’s deputy she accused of assaulting her years earlier, though the final payout remains unclear.
Looking back, Alexa connected her struggles to an unstable childhood and the public pressure of growing up on reality television.
“My life was kind of unstable growing up,” she said. “We were constantly switching schools… I didn’t have any stable relationships. There’s so much more I could have done.”
RHOC viewers may remember Alexa and her sister Raquel as central figures in one of the franchise’s most infamous early storylines, including a televised eviction notice that exposed the financial strain behind the family’s on-screen lifestyle.
Today, Lynne Curtin runs a successful jewelry business and maintains a relationship with Raquel. Alexa says she is focused on survival — and on finding a way forward.
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