Just one week after announcing her new porn career, Steven Spielberg’s daughter, Mikaela, has been arrested for domestic violence.
“Mikaela Spielberg was arrested early Saturday morning around 6:30 a.m. in Nashville, Tenn., her fiance Chuck Pankow confirmed,” according to Fox News. “An official at the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Fox News that Mikaela was arrested for the charge of domestic assault, a misdemeanor.”
In a statement to the news outlet, Pankow said that nobody got hurt and that the incident resulting in Mikaela’s arrest was “a misunderstanding.” She was released after a “12-hour hold” on a $1,000 bond. No other details have been provided at this time. Steven Spielberg has not commented on the situation.
Speaking with The Sun last month, Mikaela, a.k.a. “Sugar Star,” said that she will be self-producing her own porn videos while obtaining a sex worker license in Tenessee. Initially, her parents, Steven and Kate, were reportedly “not upset” by the news but rather “intrigued.”
“My safety has always been a number one priority for them,” Mikaela said. “I’m doing this, not out of an urge to hurt anybody or be spiteful about it, I’m doing this because I want to honor my body in a way that’s lucrative.”
“I actually think that once they see how far I’ve come from the bottom I was at a year and a half ago, they’re going to look at this and go, ‘Wow, we actually raised are really self-assured, young lady,” added Mikaela.
However, a week later, sources close to the Spielberg family illustrated a slightly different picture, telling outlets that both Steven and Kate were “concerned” and “embarrassed” over Mikaela’s new career path despite their full-support.
“As Mikaela said, Steven and Kate are nothing but supportive of her, as they are with all their children,” a family friend told Page Six. “Outwardly, Steven and Kate – who are the most evolved parents in the world and love their kids beyond all measure – have always been supportive of Mikaela and try to understand her. Obviously, though, they’re embarrassed by her sudden public admission of entry into the sex worker world.”
“Nothing can hurt Steven Spielberg’s immaculate reputation, nor Kate’s, but they’re worried about how [Mikaela’s revelation] looks for their other kids, who are trying to be supportive but who are also embarrassed,” the family friend added. “This certainly isn’t how they were raised.”
Due to Steven and Kate hailing from Hollywood, the family friend said they are well-aware that children of people in that industry are “complicated.”
“[Steven and Kate] are friends with many artistic people, and those people are complicated and some have complicated kids. Everybody gets it. Some kids, no matter what advantages – or even because of them – are just lost,” said the family friend. “Maybe Mikaela felt unworthy of her folks, of her name, that she could never live up to it. It’s hard to be the product of parents who are so successful.”
Mikaela Spielberg was adopted by Steven and Kate as an infant in 1996 and resides in Tennessee.