Editing C. Thomas Howell (section)

==Personal life==
In the 1980s, Howell dated actress [[Kyle Richards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/news/177132_kyle_richards_reveals_the_famous_actor_she_lost_her_virginity_to|title=Kyle Richards Reveals the Famous Actor She Lost Her Virginity To |website=www.etonline.com|last=Bueno |first=Antoinette |date=December 1, 2015 }}</ref> In 1989, he married actress [[Rae Dawn Chong]], whom he met while co-starring with her in the 1986 film ''[[Soul Man (film)|Soul Man]]''.<ref name="orlandosentinel">{{cite web|last=Moca|first=Diane |title=CHONG, HOWELL: SOUL MATES SINCE 'SOUL MAN'|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-06-27-9006270192-story.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=OrlandoSentinel.com|date=27 June 1990 |language=en-US}}</ref> They divorced the following year.<ref>{{cite web|first=Greg|last=Braxton|date=1990-07-24|title=PEOPLE WATCH|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-24-ca-529-story.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> Howell married his second wife, Sylvie Anderson, in 1992, and the couple had three children.<ref name="hollywood2">{{cite web |date=2016-03-07 |title=C. Thomas Howell's wife files for divorce |url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/c-thomas-howells-wife-files-for-divorce-60549426/ |access-date=2021-08-30 |website=Hollywood.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Anderson filed for divorce in 2016.<ref name="hollywood2" />

In November 2001, Howell was [[acquitted]] of five [[misdemeanor]] charges, including hit and run and brandishing a weapon arising out of a confrontation with a skateboarder in Southern California.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Jury-acquits-actor-Howell-2860912.php|title=Jury acquits actor Howell |website=SFGate.com |date=November 8, 2001}}</ref>