Personal Life
His ex-wife Lisa Gastineau and their daughter Brittny Gastineau (whom he has not seen in 17 years) were the stars of the E! reality television show, The Gastineau Girls. Gastineau has a son with actress Brigitte Nielsen, Killian Marcus (born on December 15, 1989 in Scottsdale, Arizona).
Gastineau made a small cameo appearance as a prisoner in a crowd during a prison football game in the 1989 film Lock Up starring Sylvester Stallone (to whom Nielsen was married prior to her relationship with Gastineau). Later he himself would spend time in prison, as he has had several run-ins with the law, including domestic violence and drug possession in 1993. In 2000, Gastineau spent eleven months behind bars in Rikers Island for parole violations.
Gastineau has said he has become a changed person and hopes to have put his turbulent past behind him. Shortly after his release from prison in 2001, he claimed to have a religious conversion to faith in Jesus Christ. Gastineau has appeared on programs such as The 700 Club to speak of his experience.
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