Lilo & Stitch star Daveigh Chases family airs abhorrent claims against her boyfriend after her death
The family of “Lilo & Stitch” star Daveigh Chase has claimed her boyfriend is capitalizing off a GoFundMe after he announced she had died earlier this week.Chase’s relatives said the fundraiser is unnecessary because they have “plenty of means” to take care of the child actress’ funeral arrangements, agent and longtime friend John Ryan told The California Post.Roy Hernandez said he set up the fundraiser for Chase after revealing she had died in hospital following a battle with meningitis.But her family has separated themselves from the fundraiser, saying they have no involvement and claiming Hernandez is using it for his own benefit.Ryan said: “John [Schwallier] is next of kin and never signed any paperwork over to this so-called boyfriend.Daveigh’s estate has plenty of means to pay for the cremation.“This so-called ‘boyfriend’ that none of her friends or family have heard of has started a GoFundMe under Daveigh’s name.“That GoFundMe is not going toward ANY expenses for Daveigh.
Myself, her father, her uncle and all of us close friends who knew her for decades are encouraging people not to donate to this page.”The family has reported the fundraiser to the platform, but it remains up as of Thursday morning.The GoFundMe has received more than $4,000 in donations.Hernandez’s name is in the URL for the profile under her name.
The profile highlights Chase as “Daveigh Chase original voice of lilo in ‘Lilo and stitch.'”Under the “what they care about” section, it says: “I hope I made to a lot of people happy as Lilo now times goes on and life hit me with a truck now I hope i helped your childhood now I need help.”Before the most recent fundraiser, Hernandez started two others in Chase’s name.Neither gained any traction, but features different wording highlighting key details in their relationship.In one, he claims Chase “finally agreed” to go to the hospital when she started losing weight.
He said the doctors told he...