16 Famous People Betrayed By People They Trusted
![16 Famous People Betrayed By People They Trusted](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/8/9/719189.jpg?v=2)
Being famous means opening yourself up to…[checks notes]…everyone in the entire world wanting something from you. Once you get your name in lights, once you get a recognizable face that makes passers-by on the street act like they know you, certain difficulties emerge. People want money, people want to take pictures with you while you're trying to have dinner, people want to pitch you ideas for movies/TV shows/whatever your field is. So having a stable of people you can trust is important. It's easy to joke about celebrities having massive entourages, but those entourages serve a purpose.
Famous people need to have at least a few handlers they trust, such as managers, coaches, teachers and so on, to guide them and help them make good decisions. But it turns out that sometimes those same people turn out to be predatory sleazebags who take advantage of celebrities, even to the point of doing them actual harm.
And they still get paid.
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![CRACKEDCON Dane Cook's half-brother, Darryl Mccauley, was sentenced to 6 years in prison and ordered to pay $12 million in restitution for embezzling](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/9/9/718499.jpg?v=2)
![Boy band singer and Disney Channel actor Ricky Garcia sued his ex-manager for sexual assault. 5an Sherna N SHERMAN HOUSE OF HOLLN Original Since 1963](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/8/9/718489.jpg?v=2)
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![Alyssa Milano alleges she and her husband lost $10 million because their managers were lazy grifters. ZER H1 She says they kept the couple in the dark](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/8/5/718485.jpg?v=2)
![Shannen Doherty's CRACKEDOON former business management firm Tanner Mainstain Glynn & Johnson neglected to renew the actress' health insurance, causin](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/4/718504.jpg?v=2)
![Jewel's mom became her manager, and treated her like an ATM. In 2003, after many multiplatinum albums and a decade of touring, Jewel found out her net](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/0/718500.jpg?v=2)
![Lou Pearlman, creator of the boy band N Sync, worded his contract with the group SO that he would be entitled to 90% of their earnings while the band](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/3/718503.jpg?v=2)
![Britney Spears' ex-manager, Sam Lutfi, has been such a plague... ...she's had to file a restraining order against him. Twice. The first one was filed](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/7/9/718479.jpg?v=2)