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"Ariel Winter&amp;apos;s brother is standing by his mother&amp;apos;s side.\r\nOn Wednesday, TMZ reported that Modern Family actress Winter, 14, had been placed under her older sister Shanelle Gray&amp;apos;s guardianship after allegations of physical and emotional abuse emerged against her mother, Chrisoula &amp;quot;Crystal&amp;quot; Workman.\r\n\r\nUs Weekly spoke with Winter&amp;apos;s brother, Jimmy Workman, about the allegations against their mother, and he tells Us they are not true.\r\n&amp;quot;There is no truth to these allegations,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;The allegations made 20 years ago are not true and the ones today are not true.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n\r\nAccording to TMZ&amp;apos;s report, Gray was also removed from Workman&amp;apos;s home as a young child based on similar abuse claims.\r\n&amp;quot;This is a mother who does everything for her kids,&amp;quot; Jimmy told Us. He added about their mother, &amp;quot;Chris misses Ariel and wants her to come home.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWinter, who got her first acting job at the age of 6, plays brainy middle child Alex Dunphy on ABC&amp;apos;s hit Emmy-winning&amp;#xA0; sitcom."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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