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"Ashley Roberts has allegedly distanced herself from her bankrupt dad and her criminal brother. The I&amp;#039;m A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! finalist has a 50/50 chance of being crowned Queen of the Jungle tonight (December 1), but according to a source Roberts won&amp;#039;t be celebrating her achievement with two members of her family.  The Pussycat Doll&amp;#039;s father Pat Roberts, who is the former drummer of &amp;#039;60s supergroup The Mamas and the Papas, has suffered from severe financial problems and declared bankruptcy in 2005. A family friend told The Mirror: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s terribly sad. Pat used to be so close to Ashley but in recent years their relationship has become strained.&amp;quot; The 65-year-old&amp;#039;s car company was said to have not met Arizona&amp;#039;s strict Corporation \u00ADCommission rules, and Roberts was accused of defrauding investors, meaning he had to pay roughly \u00A3190,000 ($304,285) in compensation. The source revealed: &amp;quot;Ashley used to idolise her dad and started singing and dancing as a tiny child to make him happy. &amp;quot;She really was the apple of his eye and he fully supported her decision to move to Hollywood immediately after she left school to try for a showbiz career.  &amp;quot;No-one was prouder than Pat when she became a burlesque dancer even though her routines were very risqu\u00E9. &amp;quot;But Pat lived through the crazy, sex and drug-fuelled &amp;#039;60s and little shocks him. Ashley became an overnight sensation, within six months she was part of the Pussycat Dolls.&amp;quot; Roberts has also distanced herself from her younger brother Jayce Roberts, according to a friend.  The 26-year-old has been arrested dozens of times in Phoenix, Arizona, Los Angeles and Las Vegas for a variety of offences, including indecent exposure, assault, theft, drug possession, trespassing and intimidating a witness. The friend told the newspaper: &amp;quot;The family is at a loss about Jayce. He&amp;#039;s a nice enough kid but he really has gone off the rails.   [Left: Ashley pictured with her father / Right: Ashley&amp;#039;s brother Jayce Roberts] &amp;quot;He keeps on getting arrested and his criminal record isn&amp;#039;t pretty. &amp;quot;Ashley has distanced herself from everything. I suppose she is being careful and looking out for her career. &amp;quot;We haven&amp;#039;t seen anything of her in a while. She&amp;#039;s close to her mum but that&amp;#039;s about it.&amp;quot; Roberts will battle it out with Charlie Brooks to be crowned the winner of I&amp;#039;m A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! tonight on ITV at 9.30pm. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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