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Disney Actor Fired After Trying to Meet 13-Year-Old Boy For Sex
Andi Mack's Stoney Westmoreland has been arrested on four counts of dealing in materials harmful to minors.
Disney Channel's original series Andi Mack garnered national attention last year for a groundbreaking coming out scene featuring one of its central characters. Now the coming-of-age drama is getting headlines for much more sinister reasons.
Stoney Westmoreland, who plays Andi Mack's grandfather on the show, was arrested last week in Salt Lake City, Utah (where the show films) for arranging to have sex with a 13-year-old boy, reports CNN. Westmoreland used a dating app to send pictures knowingly to a minor, asked him for sex, and arranged a time to meet him. The local police met the 48-year-old at the meeting spot and he was arrested. He's facing four counts of dealing in materials harmful to minors.
Disney Channel promptly fired Westmoreland from the show. "Given the nature of the charges and our responsibility for the welfare of employed minors, we have released him from his recurring role and he will not be returning to work on the series which wraps production on its third season next week," said the company in a statement.
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Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
