'Hercules' star Dwayne Johnson has admitted he was arrested ''eight or nine times'' by the time he was 17 after being involved in a theft ring after being evicted from his apartment aged 14.
The 'Hercules' star had a tough upbringing in Hawaii during his teenage years and after getting evicted from his apartment aged 14 he turned to crime and used to be part of a group who would target tourists. When asked what the group were looking for he replied: ''High-end clothes and jewellery.
In Waikiki there's a couple high-end blocks where there's your Prada, Chanel, Gucci, Armani, jewellery stores, plenty of jewellery stores. ''There are a lot of tourists that come into Waikiki and there's a lot of money. A lot of foreign money that comes in, and we were part of a theft ring that would target those groups. We would target the money, we would target the high-end clothes and we would target the jewellery - turn around and sell it, best we could.''
While he was in trouble with the law at times, the star turned to muscle-building aged 14 to help him get over the pain of being evicted and admits it helped to a certain extent. He added to Muscle and Fitness magazine: ''At 14 when I started training, at 14 is when I also started getting arrested--for fighting, theft, all kinds of stupid s**t that I shouldn't have been doing.
''But, I still found time to go to the Boys Club every afternoon to hit the speed bag, hit the heavy bag, hit the iron. I was building my body because again, it's that eviction mentality. But, I would still f**k around, get in trouble and get arrested. I got arrested eight or nine times I think by the time I was 17.'' The 42-year-old star also credits his muscle-building activity for helping him to deal with his depression.
He explained: ''There was never any medication. It was getting off my ass and being active and getting out and training. Releasing a lot of blood, sweat and respect--that was my medication. ''I'm a long way from being evicted, but I'll never forget it.
I'll never forget the feeling. ''I'll never forget my mom crying and I'll never forget the thought I had, 'Well the only thing I can do is just go build my body,' because the men who were successful that I knew of Stallone, Arnold, Bruce Willis - they were men of action.''
Dwayne Johnson talks past arrest and theft ring
'Hercules' star Dwayne Johnson has admitted he was arrested ''eight or nine times'' by the time he was 17 after being involved in a theft ring after being evicted from his apartment aged 14.
The 'Hercules' star had a tough upbringing in Hawaii during his teenage years and after getting evicted from his apartment aged 14 he turned to crime and used to be part of a group who would target tourists. When asked what the group were looking for he replied: ''High-end clothes and jewellery.
In Waikiki there's a couple high-end blocks where there's your Prada, Chanel, Gucci, Armani, jewellery stores, plenty of jewellery stores. ''There are a lot of tourists that come into Waikiki and there's a lot of money. A lot of foreign money that comes in, and we were part of a theft ring that would target those groups. We would target the money, we would target the high-end clothes and we would target the jewellery - turn around and sell it, best we could.''
While he was in trouble with the law at times, the star turned to muscle-building aged 14 to help him get over the pain of being evicted and admits it helped to a certain extent. He added to Muscle and Fitness magazine: ''At 14 when I started training, at 14 is when I also started getting arrested--for fighting, theft, all kinds of stupid s**t that I shouldn't have been doing.
''But, I still found time to go to the Boys Club every afternoon to hit the speed bag, hit the heavy bag, hit the iron. I was building my body because again, it's that eviction mentality. But, I would still f**k around, get in trouble and get arrested. I got arrested eight or nine times I think by the time I was 17.'' The 42-year-old star also credits his muscle-building activity for helping him to deal with his depression.
He explained: ''There was never any medication. It was getting off my ass and being active and getting out and training. Releasing a lot of blood, sweat and respect--that was my medication. ''I'm a long way from being evicted, but I'll never forget it.
I'll never forget the feeling. ''I'll never forget my mom crying and I'll never forget the thought I had, 'Well the only thing I can do is just go build my body,' because the men who were successful that I knew of Stallone, Arnold, Bruce Willis - they were men of action.''
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