Former child actor Brandon Hall faces multiple legal issues after leaving Hollywood

Brandon “Bug” Hall, who played Alfalfa Switzer in the 1994 film “The Little Rascals,” has encountered a series of legal problems since leaving the entertainment industry in 2020. In June 2020, Texas police arrested him for misdemeanor possession after finding him with air-duster cans in a hotel room. In April 2026, he was taken into custody in Ohio on a charge of failure to appear for a court date scheduled in December 2024. Earlier, in October 2024, he received a traffic citation for driving without liability insurance.

Hall, who describes himself as a “radical Catholic extremist,” was temporarily banned from the social platform X in 2022 after posting comments supporting marital duty and corporal punishment of minors. In September 2024, he announced the birth of his son, Mark Athanasius Chad Anthony Hall-Barnett, and responded to criticism about his statement with a remark about the term “heir.”

Following his first arrest, Hall and his wife, Jill DeGroff, moved with their five children to a rural area near Mountain Home, Arkansas, where they live in a campervan equipped with a water well and generator. Hall told the Daily Mail that he donated most of his savings to support an off-grid lifestyle and plans to build a house with its own hydro-electric system.

As the family prepares for the arrival of a sixth child, Hall launched a GoFundMe campaign requesting $2,000 to help cover expenses. In the campaign description, he wrote that he has avoided further arrests for six years and asked for public support, stating, “Times are hard for everyone, and I’m no more deserving than anyone else, but I ask in your charity that you help where you can, whether monetarily, by sharing this, or by prayer and sacrifice for the Hall-Barnetts of the Holy Cross.” The fundraiser has raised nearly $21,000 to date.