{"id":2465252,"date":"2026-06-18T12:03:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2465252"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:03:26","slug":"daveigh-chases-former-manager-casts-doubt-on-late-actress-alleged-boyfriends-gofundme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/daveigh-chases-former-manager-casts-doubt-on-late-actress-alleged-boyfriends-gofundme\/","title":{"rendered":"Daveigh Chase&#8217;s former manager casts doubt on late actress&#8217; alleged boyfriend&#8217;s GoFundMe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Daveigh Chase\u2019s former manager is urging fans not to donate to the late actress\u2019 alleged boyfriend Roy Hernandez\u2019s viral GoFundMe.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, John Ryan <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/17\/daveigh-chase-friends-issue-warning-about-gofundme\/#continued\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told TMZ<\/a>, \u201cNeither her family nor her close friends know who this person is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confirm Daveigh has a SAG trust account with more than enough funds to cover all medical and related expenses,\u201d Chase\u2019s longtime friend added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Daveigh Chase\u2019s former manager expressed doubt over the GoFundMe created for the late actress by her alleged boyfriend (pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cNeither her family nor her close friends know who this person is,\u201d John Ryan told the outlet. <span class=\"credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hernandez, however, insisted to the outlet that he plans to use the GoFundMe money to give Chase a \u201cproper memorial.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser has, so far, raised $3,924 of its $5,000 goal.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan alleged to The Post on Wednesday that Chase <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/17\/entertainment\/lilo-stitch-actress-daveigh-chase-reportedly-had-millions-in-residuals-at-time-of-death\/\">leaves behind millions of dollars of residuals<\/a>, which he claims she was \u201ctoo far gone\u201d on heroin and fentanyl to claim despite his attempts to get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/celebrity-news\/daveigh-chase-star-of-the-ring-and-lilo-stitch-dead-at-35\/\">\u201cLilo &amp; Stitch\u201d star died<\/a> on Tuesday at age 35 after a case of meningitis and an infection in Chase\u2019s blood led to her body shutting down over sepsis issues.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>The \u201cDonnie Darko\u201d star (pictured above in April 2013) died Tuesday at age 35. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ryan claimed Chase had \u201ca SAG trust account with more than enough funds to cover all medical and related expenses.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prior to her passing, Chase was admitted to a hospital for malnourishment.<\/p>\n<p>She was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/celebrity-news\/ghastly-video-shows-lilo-stitch-actress-daveigh-chase-wasting-away-on-skid-row-months-before-death\/\">spotted living in Downtown Los Angeles\u2019 Skid Row<\/a> months before her death.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez wrote in his online campaign that Chase \u201cwanted \u2026 a place where [they] could live together, feel safe and be happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Her alleged partner\u2019s online campaign, meanwhile, is drawing nearer to its $500,000 goal. <span class=\"credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Hernandez said he wants to use the funds to give Chase (pictured above in November 2011) a \u201cproper memorial.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Jordan Strauss<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After describing her \u201ccritical\u201d health scare, he wrote, \u201cNow, more than ever, I want to give her that sense of home and peace in her final days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a difficult childhood and a painful falling out with her family, Daveigh was bullied and struggled to find safety and happiness in downtown LA,\u201d he claimed. \u201cWhen we met, I promised to protect her and give her the love and comfort she deserved. Together, we found moments of happiness and hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez also highlighted Chase\u2019s iconic projects, including voicing Chihiro Ogino in \u201cSpirited Away.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Chase is best known for being a \u201cLilo &amp; Stitch\u201d voice actress. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She also had roles in \u201cThe Ring\u201d (pictured above) and \u201cSpirited Away,\u201d with her last acting gig taking place in 2016. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9DreamWorks\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She also is best known for being in \u201cThe Ring\u201d and \u201cDonnie Darko.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chase\u2019s last acting role was playing Krissy Madison in \u201cAmerican Romance\u201d in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>She spoke to Interview magazine about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/celebrity-news\/daveigh-chase-shared-legacy-she-hoped-to-leave-behind\/\">her legacy<\/a> years prior, saying, \u201cI just want to make something that I love and people will respect. I want to do things that will change someone\u2019s life, not something they\u2019ll forget about tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daveigh Chase\u2019s former manager is urging fans not to donate to the late actress\u2019 alleged boyfriend Roy Hernandez\u2019s viral GoFundMe. On Tuesday, John Ryan told TMZ, \u201cNeither her family nor her close friends know who this person is. \u201cI can confirm Daveigh has a SAG trust account with more than enough funds to cover all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2465253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22062,24003,315673,349865],"class_list":["post-2465252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-news","tag-fundraising","tag-gofundme"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Daveigh-Chases-former-manager-casts-doubt-on-late-actress-alleged.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465254,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465252\/revisions\/2465254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}