Overview
- Viral videos from September that resurfaced this month showed the former Nickelodeon actor living on the streets in Riverside, California.
- Riverside police and the public-safety outreach team report weekly contact with Chase and say he continues to decline offers of shelter and formal treatment.
- Daniel Curtis Lee located Chase, bought him a meal, and paid for a temporary hotel room while organizing a fiduciary plan and referrals for longer‑term care.
- A GoFundMe that raised over $1,000 was closed at his mother's request, who said her son has bipolar disorder and cannot manage money or medication on his own.
- Shaun Weiss offered a rehabilitation bed, but Chase has not agreed to enter treatment, and he remains unhoused despite ongoing outreach from peers and officials.