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3 of the most controversial people to ever appear in Star Trek

We're not talking about the characters, but the actual talent who brought them to life.

By Chad Porto

LOS ANGELES FILM PREMIERE: 'STAR TREK: VOYAGER'
LOS ANGELES FILM PREMIERE: 'STAR TREK: VOYAGER' / Frank Trapper/GettyImages
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Jennifer Lien

While Andy Dick suffered as an addict, the issues surrounding Jennifer Lien are far more centered around mental health. Lien had a great career when things started. She appeared in SLC Punk alongside Matthew Lillard, then followed that up with her role in Star Trek: Voyager, where she played the Occumpan named Kes. After being written off the show, she landed voice work as Agent L in the Men in Black animated series.

Things were looking good but eventually, things went sideways and Lien would be arrested for a variety of reasons over nearly a decade. Over seven years, Lien was arrested eight times.

  1. July 3, 2012, domestic violence arrest
  2. April 2015 for "...evading arrest, resisting arrest, reckless endangerment, and aggravated assault after attempting to flee police".
  3. September 3, 2015, for indecent exposure to a child (charges were later dropped)
  4. Dec. 2017 DUI arrest

The next three arrests came between February and March of 2018 for driving with a revoked license, with eight and so far final arrests coming in September 2019 for the same infraction. Something is very wrong with Lien, and we hope that over the last five years, she's been able to get clean and sober.

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