After seeing Jaws on the cinema screen , I decided to see what happened to the Brody children (or rather the actors who played them in the 1975 classic film)
It came as a shock to me that Chris Rebello who played Michael Brody sadly passed away November 30th year 2000, aged 37 after spending time being a landscaper, marrying, and becoming a Father of three.
Rebello was a native of Martha’s Vineyard, where the film was shot and stayed on the island and ended up becoming an assistant coach for the Martha’s Vineyard High varsity football team which he was at the time of his death on November 30th 2000
Whilst deer hunting with his friends Chris fell ill and collapsed suffering a fatal heart attack. RIP Chris.
Jay Mello who played the youngest Brody (Sean) was given a probation on a lewd act charge, after being accused by a nine-year-old girl. This was in 2009. According to The Sun paper/website, And in 2010 he continued to work as a janitor at Lyndon State College, Vermont. That was until ‘underage kids’, who were at the college on a special programme, found him acting ‘creepy’. And was jailed for violation of probation. You can read those details here However The Sun has been known to be a little ‘off’ at times, but is one of the major UK papers so who knows! What I do know is that there is a lack of too much information about Jay online, which is unusual.
If anyone can point towards any other detailed sources, please do drop a comment in this article and I will look into it.
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This is the wrong jay mello. The actor jay mello is married with 3 kids and has not been arrested. Just thought id clear his name
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Oh. It is true. Thats awful!
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It is pretty awful. :(((
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Thought so
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The information about the arrest came from a UK paper The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/18657736/jaws-cast-now-robert-shaw-richard-dreyfuss/#:~:text=Jay%20Mello%20was%20a%20five,old%20and%20was%20given%20probation. . Im not saying that i think The Sun is 100% accurate, but that is where I initially saw the story mentioned many years ago.
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The information about the arrest came from a UK paper The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/18657736/jaws-cast-now-robert-shaw-richard-dreyfuss/#:~:text=Jay%20Mello%20was%20a%20five,old%20and%20was%20given%20probation. . Im not saying that i think The Sun is 100% accurate, but that is where I initially saw the story mentioned many years ago.
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No jay mello was charged with rapeing his step daughter and never worked at lyndon state college and he ended up in jail for what he did and he does have 3 kids of his own
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Before we accuse him of whatever he did you better make sure that it’s actual fact, what a sin it would be to say somebody did something so horrific and maybe be wrong and ruining someone’s reputation!
“God Bless”
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I loved him in Jaws. Jay Mello (as Sean Brody) was the cutest little kid I have ever seen and good in the movie. Speilberg selected him for a reason. That’s all I have to say. I wish him the best.
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I. Have. To. Agree he.was cute. So.was his older brother. Michael.
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The actor of Michael in the beginning looks so different from the one in the pond and hospital. Are you sure he wasn’t portrayed by 2 different actors. Even their accents sound different. The first one had a strong Long Island accent.
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Back off journalistic loser. You are using the fame of a charismatic child actor to get attention. Needy. Jay accomplished more than they ever will. I think you’re great Jay, and so does the majority . Ignote this loser. You are adorable and very funny. You are the one who worked with great directors. and actors. Everyone loves you,
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Nancy, you must be insane. Who cares if he WAS a cute kid. He was convicted of molesting his own stepchild and got locked up again for trying crap with other children. You’re going to ignor that because he was cute?
You’re a damn nut case!!!
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I concur.
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Jay Mello passed away in 2000 from a heart attack…he was the married father 3, was a high school coach and you should just be quiet!
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Chris Rebello passed away (Michael Brody, not Sean)
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dumbass with your incorrect statements
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Let’s get it right! it was Chris Rebello who passed away of a heart attack in 2000 not Jay Mello. Jay is still with us.
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Nice to see this blogger plagiarized my post from the IMDB message board.
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Not sure how an IMDB posting has been plagiarized into this article. This article is 99% images and very little text
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Jaws is on tv this morning still a classic and he was good in the movie to bad he went south
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Everyone knows guys get accused of that crap all the time when they are in the middle of a divorce. The nasty women always win and the guys get to be treated like crap. They can get locked up with no physical evidence and people will just keep accusing them of b.s. the rest of their lives. How do I know? My attorney suggested I do it.
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Amazing innocent molesters or rapers will always defend! smh
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Before accusations and arguments of what’s true or not should always be verified. Name calling is childish and doesn’t make anyone credible. I almost believed one commenter and then considered another. Now I don’t know, but I’m not investing any time to find out.
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Jay Mello, registered sex offender: http://www.homefacts.com/offender-detail/VT1655871/Jay-Gabriel-Mello.html
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Pretty sure Jay mello molested the shark, and the shark was the one that had a heart attack while hunting. I know I wasn’t born back then but I am a Millenial and my IPhone doesn’t lie.
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😂 So hilarious to read your post after all this bantering!
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Agree. The bickering is hilarious!! I was just wondering what happened to the kids. This….isn’t informative at all. It’s def entertaining!! 🤣
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Agree. The bickering is hilarious!! I was just wondering what happened to the kids. This….isn’t informative at all. It’s def entertaining!! 🤣
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Did he actually pass out?
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Remember the scene where Sean mimics Chief Brody’s movements at the dinner table? Spielberg did a lot of takes of that, and after sitting across from Roy Scheider for so long, Jay Mello said that was the moment he realized he wanted to be a child molestor.
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