bridges' son, spencir bridges (born july 15, 1998), with his now ex-wife dori bridges (née smith), is also a former child actor who appeared in the film "daddy day camp" and an episode of "icarly". bridges also has a daughter from a previous relationship. in 1998, bridges and his brother james were credited with saving the life of stella kline, a 51-year-old paraplegic woman. the woman nearly drowned when her wheelchair rolled into a lake while she was fishing. kline said "i was thanking god that he was there, and you know, everybody's been saying nothing but bad stuff about todd bridges on the news and in the papers... he has a heart of gold." bridges remarked on the rescue, "we felt god put us there at the right time to save this lady's life, because there was no one else around." in a 2010 appearance on "the oprah winfrey show", bridges said that he was sexually abused at age 11 by a publicist who was also a family friend.