On November 30th of 2013, 40-year-old actor Paul Walker was in California on Thanksgiving break from the filming of Furious 7. That day he attended a fundraising event for his charity Reach Out Worldwide. Vowing to return, Walker climbed into the passenger seat of his friend Roger Rodas' red Porsche Carrera. Moments later he and Rodas died in a fiery crash.
He left behind him an estate said to be worth $25 million and a 15-year-old daughter named Meadow Rain Walker. Meadow was living with Paul at the time of his death. And the two were said to be incredibly close.
Since her dad's death, she has bonded with Fast & Furious actor Vin Diesel and his family in a big way. And she has taken a stab at a modeling career.
Paul Walker was a giver, not a taker. He went out of his way, as Meadow puts it, to "Do Good". And Meadow? She has inherited her father's sense of giving back, founding the Paul Walker Foundation.
So, let's have a look at Meadow Rain Walker and what she has been up to since her beloved dad died.
A Modeling Career And The 'Love Of My Life'
In 2017, Meadow signed with Women Management modeling agency. She and her portfolio were featured on their site. And Meadow moved to New York City to boost her chances of getting modeling gigs.
Well, Meadow is no longer featured on the Women Management site. So who knows where that got to. And she is so rail-thin, that many of her followers on Instagram have expressed concern.
And she caused a bit of stir recently when she posted a steamy picture dedicated to supermodel Cindy Crawford's model daughter Kaia Gerber, calling her "the love of my life". Not so long ago, Kaia was pictured wrapped around Cara Delevingne at a Black Lives Matter rally in Los Angeles.
Forget The Walkers. Meadow Hangs With Fast & Furious Friends
Meadow, it has to be said, has nothing to do with Reach Out Worldwide, the charity her dad founded and which is currently headed by Paul's brother Cody. ROWW provides hands-on help in areas hit by natural disasters. So what's going on with that? Well, it seems that Meadow has totally canceled the Walkers out of her life.
Meadow has nothing to do with Paul's family, In fact, she has cut them off completely. Why? Well, nobody is certain, but some think she is bitter because Paul's mother Cheryl rushed into court to file custody of Meadow and (presumably) her $25 million. To be fair to Cheryl, Paul's will did specify Cheryl as Meadow's guardian.
But in filing the suit, Cheryl dissed Meadow's natural mother Rebecca Soteros, accusing her of irresponsible alcoholism. Reportedly, that was a bridge too far for Meadow.
And after Paul's death, his look-alike brothers Cody and Caleb rushed in to complete some of Paul's scenes in Furious 7. And, on the back of that Cody has built a reasonable acting career. And guess who produced a 2018 documentary entitled I Am Paul Walker? It was Caleb Walker. Meadow may well view all of this activity as merely making money off her dad's death.
Nor does she have anything to do with Reach Out Worldwide headed by Paul's brother Cody. The family has expressed suitable "heartache" at the state of affairs. Pointedly, Meadow was the only member of the family not to participate in the 2018 documentary I Am Paul Walker.
But she is tight with Fast & Furious actor Vin Diesel and his family, as well as with Jordana Brewster. It seems Brewster became a bit of a surrogate mother to Meadow after Paul's death. The Fast & Furious crowd is her family, as far as Meadow is concerned.
Lawsuit After Lawsuit
After Paul Walker's death, Meadow lawyered up big time. Paul Walker's estate sued Porsche for his wrongful death claiming there was a serious fault in the design of the Porsche Rodas was driving. That suit was settled for an undisclosed sum in 2015. And Meadow also sued the estate of the car's driver Roger Rodas and got just over $10 million in April of 2015. According to CNN, the car was doing around 100 miles per hour when it crashed.
And Paul's friend Roger Rodas was behind the wheel.
Doing Good: The Paul Walker Foundation
In September of 2015, on what would have been Paul Walker's 42nd birth, Meadow founded the Paul Walker Foundation whose motto is quite appropriately "Do Good". Its main focus is on marine conversation, mirroring Paul Walker's passion for preserving our seas and oceans.
But the foundation has also paired with Pencils of Promise to raise funds to build a teacher training college in Ghana and donates food and money to the Los Angeles Food Bank.
Meadow's Net Worth?
It's anybody's guess what Meadow's net worth is these days. But a "guesstimate" of around $50 million probably wouldn't be too far off. As for her love life, who knows what gives on that front. She is, on every level, an intensely private young lady.