Just goes to show you that even the rich, famous and stunningly beautiful have problems like the rest of us. Sofia Vergara, the Colombian beauty who plays Ed O'Neil's trophy wife Gloria, on ABC's hit comedy Modern Family, has had to deal with some very painful episodes involving her younger brother Julio.
According to Star magazine, Julio Vergara has been arrested 30 times over the last 10 years -- primarily on drug related offenses. Of her younger brother's drug affliction, Vergara, who moved to Florida from her native Colombia in 1994, recently told Parada magazine that "to see somebody dying, little by little, over 10 years -- that is the worst punishment."
The Emmy-winning Pepsi spokesmodel thinks that her other brother, Rafael's shooting death on the streets of Bogata is what precipitated Julio's dalliance -- and subsequent addictions -- with drugs. She tried to help him, got him to go to college in Michigan, but he was never quite able to get his act together.
The taboid reports that after his latest arrest for pot possesion in April, Julio was deported to Colombia after being handed over to Immigration and Customs officials by a Miami judge who decided that he should no longer have the priveledge of remaining stateside.
His big sister maintains that she'll fight to get him back here and to help him all she can.
Sofia Vergara's mother, sister and 19 year-old son, Manolo, all live in the U.S.
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