The daughter of a Real Housewives of Orange County star whose struggles with homelessness and addiction made headlines earlier this year was arrested over an alleged drug related offense just months after her heartbreaking life update. Alexa Curtin, 33, was arrested and booked into jail for possession of a controlled substance paraphernalia on July 21, 2026, the Fullerton Police Department confirmed with The Daily Mail.The Orange County District Attorney alleged in a misdemeanor citation warrant that Alexa ‘did unlawfully possess an opium pipe or a device, contrivance, instrument, or paraphernalia used for unlawfully injecting or smoking a controlled substance.’ Court documents obtained by TMZ provide further details about the incident and claim police found an opium pipe on Alexa. The paraphernalia was discovered by police while speaking with Alexa, the documents claim. She was found about 30 miles away from her mother Lynne Curtin’s residence at a Jack in the Box in Fullerton, California. Alexa, whose mother Lynne was once one of the stars of RHOC, was listed as being homeless in the citation. She was charged with a misdemeanor for possession of a controlled substance paraphernalia. Alexa Curtin, 33, was arrested and booked into jail for possession of a controlled substance paraphernalia on July 21, 2026; pictured in her booking photo Alexa pictured with her mother Lynne Curtin before her life took a dark turn According to the Superior Court of California for the County of Orange, Alexa’s release status is currently listed as ‘fugitive.’ The Daily Mail has contacted Alexa and representatives for her mother for comment. The arrest occurred just months after she revealed she is now homeless and addicted to fentanyl after she was discovered at a local gas station on the crime-ridden streets of Lancaster, California, with missing teeth and two missing fingers.’A lot of bad things have happened to me since moving out here,’ she told the L.A. To You YouTube channel in an impromptu interview published back in February. ‘It’s not really a safe place. I’m probably gonna move back to Orange County eventually – I hope I make it there.’In heartbreaking footage, a disheveled Curtin details how she went from reality TV fame and living in one of California’s wealthiest counties to doing porn, ending up in jail, and battling drugs.’I was doing heroin and then I met some people. They introduced me to fentanyl, so I started doing fentanyl, and basically my life just kind of went downhill,’ she said.’I started smoking speed and s**t. Hanging out with the wrong people, I guess,’ she continued.’I’m not using as much as I used to. I used to use a lot, now I use a lot less.’ The former reality star is pictured looking fresh-faced in an old Facebook photo Lynne was a main cast member on seasons four and five of The Real Housewives of Orange CountyCurtin confessed that she’s officially been ‘cut off’ by her reality star mom Lynne and dad Frank, who now live in San Diego.’I’m kinda cut off right now until maybe I get sober, and then they’re gonna supply me with money again, but right now they really don’t want anything to do with me,’ she admitted.Curtin also claimed that she had been raped while living in Lancaster, which is ranked as one of the most dangerous cities in California.’The guy handcuffed me. I tried to crack the window with my head, but I couldn’t, and he covered my mouth, covered my nose. I couldn’t breathe,’ she said.’He raped me for like, two hours. And then he threatened to kill me. He let me go eventually, but during that time I really thought that was gonna be it for me,’ Curtin continued.’A lot of bad things have happened to me since moving out here. It’s not really a safe place.’She also revealed that she’s missing two fingers from one of her hands, which she says was from a ‘bad car accident’.In a subsequent interview with The Daily Mail, Alexa made a ‘cry for help’ and said the 15 years since her family appeared on the Bravo reality show have been ‘beyond horrific.”I’m here and I’m alive, but I don’t want to be,’ Alexa said. ‘I’m not trying to get no one’s attention. I am f*****g being tortured. This is a cry for help.’Curtin and her older sister Raquel’s wild partying was heavily featured on the early seasons of The Real Housewives of Orange County, which they both starred on when they were still teenagers.One memorable storyline saw cast member Gretchen Rossi attempt to take Curtin under her wing, while also urging Lynne to discipline her daughters for their underage drinking.Furious over Gretchen’s concerns, a defensive Lynne snapped one episode and said, ‘Until you have kids you can’t really talk to anybody that has kids and judge them and tell them what to do!’Just a few years after that scene aired, Curtin, a high school dropout, and her sister Raquel started doing porn. Curtin and her older sister Raquel’s wild partying was heavily featured on the early seasons of the show, when they were both still teenagers’I moved to L.A. I did porn for a year, then I stopped doing porn, moved back to Orange County, got my boobs done, got my nose done and I was ballin,’ Curtin recalled.’Unfortunately, all the money ran out,’ she added with a weary laugh.It was at this point that Curtin started getting in trouble with the law.In 2016, she was charged with two misdemeanors – possession of a controlled substance and possession of controlled substance paraphernalia – after being found with drugs in her car.In April 2018, Curtin was then charged with driving under the influence from a prior arrest where cops found items used to smoke heroin.She spent four days in jail in August 2018, and was taken to court to enter a plea for the three separate criminal cases filed against her: possession of a controlled substance paraphernalia, vandalism, petty theft and driving under the influence of a drug.In 2021, Curtin received a 68-day jail sentence after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled substance and substance paraphernalia, driving under the influence, driving without a valid license, vandalism and petty theft, according to documents obtained by The Blast. Lynne is currently a success jewelry and accessories designer based in San Diego She found herself behind bars once again last July after pleading guilty for possession of meth.In 2017, Curtin was awarded $2.25million in a lawsuit she filed against Orange County and a Deputy Sheriff, who she testified raped her in 2014, according to People.However, it’s unclear how much money she actually walked away with, as the award was later challenged by the county.’I was scared for my life… This guy had a badge and a gun and the ability to kill me,’ Curtin testified at the time.Looking back on her younger years, Curtin said that she believes her ‘unstable’ childhood thwarted her potential and put her on a tumultuous path.’My life was kind of unstable growing up. My parents moved a lot and it made it really hard for me to get the grounds to build my life,’ she said.’It just held me back. So I wasn’t able to succeed in a lot of things. There’s so much more that I could have done, but because of the fact that we were constantly switching school systems and stuff, it made it really f***ing hard. I didn’t have any stable relationships.’ Looking back on her younger years, Curtin said that she believes her ‘unstable’ childhood thwarted her potential and put her on a tumultuous path in life; Source: Instagram/Alexa CurtinIn one infamous 2010 episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Curtin and her sister Raquel were captured on camera being served with an eviction notice inside their parents’ home.It was later revealed that Lynne and Frank had been served multiple eviction notices over the years and that the lavish life they portrayed on reality TV was largely smoke and mirrors.Lynne was let go from the hit Bravo series shortly after that and she later divorced Frank.The former Real Housewife has bounced back since then and now runs a successful jewelry and accessories company called The Lynne Curtin Collection.She also remains close with her eldest daughter Raquel, who still does porn under the name Suttin Suicide.As for Alexa, she says things are now so bad that she can’t afford a phone and doesn’t even have ID.’I’m actually trying to make some money right now so I can get a phone,’ she said.’I have nothing. I have to literally start from the ground up. It’s gonna be difficult, but I’m actively trying to do that.’If you or someone you know needs help, please call or text the confidential 24/7 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the US on 988. There is also an online chat available at 988lifeline.org.