He was also arrested for child pornography but the charges were dropped
Paul Reubens — best known as onetime TV character Pee-wee Herman — pleaded guilty on Friday to an obscenity charge as part of a settlement in a child pornography case.”
The actor, 51, had faced charges stemming from a 2001 search of his Los Angeles house, during which police said they found materials that appeared to depict children engaged in xesual activity.
In a press release, Reubens’s Los Angeles-based rep, Kelly Bush, said the alleged improper images were from his “extensive historical art photography collection.”
In the settlement, Reubens agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor possession of an obscene image “with the intent to exhibit his collection,” said Bush. He was fined $100, received three years’ probation and agreed to be registered as a xes offender, the Associated
“We view both of these counts equally in terms of serious nature of child pornography,” Eric Moses, a spokesman for the city attorney’s office, told the AP.