Jeremy Meeks

Jeremy Ray Meeks (born February 7, 1984)[1] is an American fashion model, actor, and convicted felon.

He was sentenced to serve two years in a California prison, during which he admitted to claiming to be a member of the North Side Gangster Crips.

[7] On June 18, 2014,[7] Stockton Police Department arrested Meeks and three other men in a multi-agency law enforcement mission dubbed Operation Ceasefire.

[9] The same day, mugshots of several men, including Meeks, were posted on the Stockton Police Department's Facebook page.

[16] Meeks' mother, Katherine Angier, set up a GoFundMe page in an attempt to raise money for his bail.

[4] Meeks served 13 months of the sentence, and was released from prison March 8, 2016, after which he was ordered to reside in a transitional housing facility for a few weeks.

[29] In April, Meeks was scheduled for an appearance and series of photo shoots in the United Kingdom, but was barred from entering the country upon landing in Heathrow Airport.

[30] Meeks made his European runway debut in May 2017 at Philipp Plein’s resort 2018 presentation at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

[35] Meeks appeared in Tommy Hilfiger's Spring 2018 fashion show in Milan on February 25 of the same year.

[36] He appeared on the cover of the Summer 2018 issues of the fashion and lifestyle magazines FV[37] and L' Officiel Hommes.

"[42] In January 2018,[43] Meeks flew to Moscow to appear in the music video "Wi-Fi" by Russian pop singer Olga Buzova.

Meeks with fashion photographer Jim Jordan at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival