Former Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland has been charged with six felony counts after US authorities said he tried to have sex with a 13-year-old boy.
Prosecutors say the 48-year-old Westmoreland was on the dating app Grindr when he found a profile operated by a police detective in Salt Lake City, near the location of the show “Andi Mack.”
This undated photo provided by the Disney Channel on December 15, 2018, shows Stoney Westmoreland as Henry “Ham” Mack in Salt Lake City. (Craig Sjodin/Disney Channel via AP)
A message left with Westmoreland’s agent, Mitchell Stubbs, is not immediately returned.
Charging documents say Westmoreland was arrested December 13, after he took a car to meet the boy so they could go back to his hotel room.
Charges filed Friday include attempted exploitation of a minor and enticing a minor.
Westmoreland has been dropped from his role as the grandfather of the teenage title character in the Disney show.
Westmoreland’s other acting credits include “Scandal” and “Breaking Bad.”
— AP
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