In the two days after Francesca Eastwood was reportedly arrested Saturday night on suspicion of felony domestic violence, the actress and socialite daughter of Clint Eastwood didn’t act like someone in trouble with the law and terrified of its potential impact on her career or personal life.
The 31-year-old spent time on social media, touting her co-starring role in an upcoming movie and sharing a video that appears to be of her, cooking up a delicious-looking egg dish on a gas stove.
It’s possible that Francesca Eastwood didn’t think that a well-sourced entertainment site like TMZ would find out about her arrest and do a story about it. So, she appeared to proceed with business as usual when it comes to being the child of a Hollywood legend as well as an aspiring actor. That included using her Instagram account to promote an upcoming project and to share images from her personal life, including a video of the breakfast she apparently hoped to devour Tuesday morning as she announced, “Time for news.”
PARIS – FEBRUARY 25: Actor and Director Clint Eastwood poses with his daughters Francesca (L), Morgan (C) and wife Dina (R) after he received a “Palme d’or” award for his lifetime achievement during a ceremony organized by the Cannes film festival at the Fouquet’s restaurant on February 25, 2009 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Now the narrative around the legendary actor/director’s daughter is bound to turn negative and possibly even more strange, with TMZ reporting Tuesday that she was arrested Saturday after a verbal argument with her boyfriend got physical. TMZ said that Francesca Eastwood and her boyfriend were driving around in Beverly Hills when they began arguing. Once things got physical, the boyfriend called the police, who advised that he drive them to the Beverly Hills Police Department to meet with officers.
When Francesca Eastwood and her boyfriend showed up, they each spoke to police, who saw physical injuries on the boyfriend, TMZ reported. She was booked on suspicion of felony domestic violence and has since been released from custody on $50,000 bail.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – MAY 24: (L-R) Alexander Wraith and Francesca Eastwood attend the premiere of ‘The Fury Of The Fist And The Golden Fleece’ at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 on May 24, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)
TMZ didn’t identify the boyfriend, but Francesca Eastwood’s Instagram account has shared images and comments from a personal trainer and actor named Alexander Wraith, with whom she had a baby son in 2018, according to People magazine. It’s not clear though if Wraith is the alleged victim in Francesca Eastwood’s arrest, the Daily Beast said.
More recently, in late September, Wraith came to Francesca Eastwood’s defense when she posted a photo of herself in a bikini, looking very thin, even emaciated to some observers.
When several followers wrote, “This is concerning,” or “scary skinny,” Wraith jumped in to write: “Guys I promise you she doesn’t not have have an eating disorder or (anorexia). We eat McDonald’s on a daily basis, pizza, ice cream, Bagels and pastries. She can’t keep the weight on. I’ve posted videos of her destroying 3 burgers in a row plus fries and a bag of chips. She just has a very very special and fast metabolism. She literally does not stop eating. Lol. I promise you.”
Francesca Eastwood is one of her 94-year-old father’s eight known children. She also is the daughter of actor Frances Fisher, whom the actor/director dated from the early to mid-1990s. Fisher had a role in Eastwood’s 1992 Western film, “Unforgiven,” which won best picture and best director.
Per family tradition, Francesca Eastwood also has been cast in roles in her father’s film projects. As a child, she had a role in his 1999 film, “True Crime,” and she has a part in his upcoming courtroom drama, “Juror #2.” Some in Hollywood wonder if “Juror #2” could be Eastwood’s last film. It’s due for release Nov. 1 and stars Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J. K. Simmons and Kiefer Sutherland.
In 2013, Francesca Eastwood was named Miss Golden Globe, after she appeared in the 2012 reality TV series, “Mrs. Eastwood and Company,” led by her former stepmother Dina Eastwood and her half-sister Morgan Eastwood. In 2017, she and her mother both starred in an acclaimed episode of “Fargo,” playing younger and older versions of the same characters.
On Tuesday, around the time that TMZ reported news of her arrest, Francesca Eastwood also posted images of her with her co-stars in another upcoming movie, “Queen of the Ring.” The biopic looks at the life of Mildred Burke, a champion female wrestler whose career lasted from the 1930s to the 1950s.
