Reports: Actor Jake Lloyd moved from jail to psychiatric facility
Jake Lloyd, the actor who played young Anakin Skywalker in "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," has been moved from jail into a psychiatric facility, reports TMZ.
Lloyd had been in jail since June, when he led South Caroline deputies on a high-speed chase. His mother, Lisa, told TMZ that authorities decided to move the actor to a facility because he has schizophrenia.
His mother said that her son's condition is improving and that there is no timeline for his release.
The 27-year-old was arrested in June after a 25-mile chase that exceeded 100 miles per hour. Lloyd eventually drove off Interstate 95, plowed through a fence and continued speeding along a parallel frontage road, authorities said. The road ended at a dead end, but the vehicle kept going into a wooded area before it hit several small trees and stopped.