Yes!

According to Star Magazine, Leighton Meester, who plays the privileged Blair Waldorf in the hot TV series Gossip Girl, was born while her mother was serving a federal prison sentence in Texas.

The mom was allowed to stay in a halfway house for the birth, but had to return to prison on the day Leighton turned three months. The future star was raised by a relative while mom served out her sentence for her role in a major drug-running ring.

Does she have other family members with a criminal past?

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