Actor wants family members, who expressed doubts about his alleged abduction, to stop talking to the press. By Gil Kaufman Jeremy London Photo: Charley Gallay/WireImage Following their doubts about his alleged abduction and forced drug-taking claims, actor Jeremy London filed restraining orders against his twin brother, Jason, their mother, Deborah Nielsen, and Jason’s girlfriend, Sofia Karstens, on Wednesday, according to People magazine. “Jeremy filed these orders against his family for them to stop giving unauthorized interviews to the press,” the former “Party of Five” actor’s attorney Catherine Lombardo told the magazine. “What they’ve said is false, misleading and harmful to his personal reputation and career.” London’s family has publicly questioned his version of the events that took place on June 10 in Palm Springs, California. The 37-year-old actor, a recovering addict, has claimed that after three men stopped to help him change a flat tire, they abducted him and held him at gunpoint, forcing him to drive around for five hours and smoke crack cocaine and amphetamines and then purchase alcohol and hand it out in a drug-infested area of Palm Springs. Brother Jason issued a public plea shortly after the alleged incident in which he urged Jeremy to get psychological help and drug treatment. Jeremy London admitted to People that he has fought to stay sober and is in the midst of financial troubles as he goes through a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, Melissa, over their 3-year-old son, Lyrik. “We believe what the family is saying is harmful to the ongoing investigation,” Lombardo said. “The police have already arrested and charged a suspect in the case.” The suspect, 26-year-old Brandon Adams, has pleaded not guilty after being charged with kidnapping, robbery, possession of stolen property, vehicle theft and carjacking. The investigation in the case is ongoing and police have said Jeremy London is not under suspicion. London has vehemently refuted questions about whether the kidnapping and forced drug-taking incident really happened. Radar magazine recently reported that ex-wife Melissa, who has allegedly also struggled with substance abuse, backed him up. “Police told us this is the new thing to do down here,” she said of the bizarre crime. “Rob people at gunpoint and make them do drugs so they won’t be reliable witnesses. It’s happening more and more.” A spokesperson for the Palm Springs police department responded, “We have not had a rash of them — they are not commonplace here.” Jason London told People that the restraining orders won’t stop the family from trying to help his brother, who, according to Jason, has shut out his family for the past six months. “A restraining order isn’t going to make us stop worrying about Jeremy and only wanting the best for him,” he said.
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Jeremy London Files Restraining Orders Against Mother, Brother
