Lesley-Anne Down Leaves California for Georgia After 2018 Woolsey Fire and Political Rift
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
Lesley-Anne Down Leaves California for Georgia After 2018 Woolsey Fire and Political Rift
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
Summary
Lesley-Anne Down, 72, said she and her family left Malibu for the Atlanta area after years of worsening wildfires, political alienation and a desire to help her son George build a career.
The 2018 Woolsey fire became the breaking point: Down recalled repeated evacuations, sheltering displaced friends at her home and finally deciding, after a police-escorted escape, that she could not endure the fires anymore.
Down said California’s liberal politics also pushed her out, arguing the climate had grown intolerant of right-leaning views and endorsing Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton.
The family moved in 2024 to Georgia, where her husband Don E. FauntLeRoy had work ties and where Down says she now enjoys a quieter life; her film "Reagan" is due for a roughly 600-theater rerelease on Sept. 25.