Beyond the Matters: Darius McCrary’s Odyssey through Stardom, Heartbreak, and Legal Storms

People know Darius McCrary best for his part as Eddie Winslow on the TV show Family Matters. He got into show business when he was 11 years old and was the star of the hit show from 1989 to 1998. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Darius McCrary has a net worth of more than $100,000.

There are two girls and a boy in his family. Besides his work in films and TV shows, his personal life has been the talk of the town many times. In 2005, he married Juliette Vann, but they split up in 2006. They got married in 2009 to Karrine Steffans, but they broke up in 2011. He married Tammy Brawner for the third time in 2014, but they split up in 2017.

Darius McCrary is popularly known for his role as Eddie Winslow

He was born in Walnut, California, on May 1, 1976. His role as Eddie Winslow on Family Matters, which ran from 1989 to 1998, made him famous. According to Celebrity Net Worth, McCrary has had money problems in the past few years and has a net worth of $100,000. In 2017, he admitted that he owed the IRS $90,000.

 

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McCrary started his work when he was young. He was 11 years old when he starred in his first movie, Big Shots (1987). Despite this, he kept getting parts in films and TV shows, with Family Matters being his biggest hit. He played lead roles in movies like “Christmas in Carolina,” “Something to Sing About,” “Vampires: Los Muertos,” and more.

A lot of news stories have been about the actor’s personal life. Juliette Vann, a Las Vegas showgirl, was his first wife. They got married quickly, in 2005. But their relationship didn’t last long. According to The Sun, they broke up in 2006, just a year after getting married.

Before his second split, McCrary is said to have been seeing author Karrine Steffans in 2008. They got married in 2009, and soon after, Steffans told Vibe that Darius McCrary had abused her physically and been violent towards her. The two people ended their relationship when they got split in 2011.

Then, in 2014, Darius McCrary got married to basketball player Tammy Brawner. According to Daily News, their relationship was having trouble when Brawner asked for a divorce in 2017 because he was worried about the safety of their daughter Zoey.

After a rough two years in court, the divorce was finalised in 2019. People reported that McCrary agreed to pay Brawner $1,366 a month in child support as part of their divorce deal. This included $415 for child care and $916, which was said to be a base amount.

Darius McCrary was reportedly arrested in 2015 for failure to pay child support

CBS News said that McCrary was arrested in 2015 for not paying child support. In an interview with VladTV in 2020, he talked about the non-profit group he started called FathersCare.

He talked about the court system and said that it “pushes” dads away from their kids

“My experience with my son has led me down a very difficult road. It’s been a really ugly experience of what the court system can do to men who really want to be in their children’s lives,” he said.

Although he was arrested in 2015, as per CNN, he spent less than a day behind bars.

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