The Vampire Diaries star and As the World Turns alum Zach Roerig (Casey Hughes, and Hunter Atwood on One Life to Live) was arrested over Memorial Day weekend in 2020 for driving under the influence. He later committed a lewd act in custody when he urinated in his cell. He was eventually released pending a court hearing.
In 2019 former Days of our Lives’ star Tyler Christopher (Stefan DiMera, and Nikolas Cassadine on General Hospital) was arrested for public intoxication while celebrating his birthday. The star has a known history of battling alcohol addiction. Christopher eventually pled guilty to two counts of misdemeanor public intoxication a few days after his arrest. The actor was ordered to pay a fine of $440, was not put on probation, nor was he ordered into an alcohol rehabilitation program.
Full House and When Calls the Heart actress Lori Loughlin, who got her start playing Jody on Edge of Night, was charged in 2019 in a college admissions scandal that shocked America. The actress and her husband Mossimo Giannulli were charged along with fellow television and film star Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) and others in a scheme to cheat the system and gain their children acceptance into top colleges around the country. After fighting the charges for over a year, Loughlin and her husband pled guilty. Loughlin received two months in prison, a $150,000 fine, two years of supervised release, and 100 hours of community service. Giannulli’s deal called for five months in prison, a $250,000 fine, two years of supervised release and 250 hours of community service.
Jensen Buchanan, who is best known for playing Marley and Vicky Love Hudson on Another World, was arrested in October 2016 for driving while under the influence and being involved in a car accident. Though she initially pled not guilty, she later changed her plea to guilty. The actress ultimately was sentenced to one year in county jail and five years probation. She was released from custody in November 2017, and under alternative sentencing, was mandated to use an electronic alcohol monitoring device. She was in 2018 arrested for violating her parole when she tested positive for alcohol, but later the charges were dropped. Buchanan has also played Elise Moxley on Young and the Restless ad Sarah Buchanan on One Life to Live.
In October 2014, Days of our Lives’ Freddie Smith (Sonny Kiriakis) and his wife, then-girlfriend, Alyssa Tabit were involved in a serious car crash in Ohio which left Tabit in critical condition. The actor was legally drunk and speeding when the crash happened. Smith faced charges of vehicular assault and operating a vehicle impaired. He pled guilty and was sentenced to two years of community service.
Bold and the Beautiful’s Sean Kanan (Deacon Sharpe and AJ Quartermaine on General Hospital) was arrested in August 2007 on charges of drunk driving. He was eventually sentenced to five years of probation and eighteen months of alcohol education. He had been previously convicted of a DUI in 1998.
Bold and Beautiful actor Winsor Harmon (Thorne Forrester) was arrested in early 2018 for public intoxication. He was found by police in San Fernando Valley, California sitting in his SUV, which was surrounded by empty wine bottles. A witness allegedly saw him urinating in a park. Months later in May, he was arrested for a second time. This time police found him passed out in the backseat of his SUV, surrounded by beer cans on the floor. Harmon was taken to jail and later released and issued a citation.
In September 2019, One Life to Live alum Jessica Morris (Jennifer ‘Jenn’ Rappaport) was charged by the L.A. County District Attorney with felony domestic violence with great bodily injury. She allegedly attacked her boyfriend Rib Hillis (Dr. Jake Marshak, Port Charles and General Hospital) during an argument and bit his lip. The bite was so severe it almost severed it and he required 25 stitches. Hillis was married at the time.
Days of our Lives star Casey Moss (JJ Deveraux) was arrested in October 2015 for allegedly trying to punch a bartender at the W Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona. Moss was intoxicated and also shoved another bar patron. The actor later stated the incident was a wake-up call for him.
In November 2013 former All My Children actor Aidan Turner (Aidan Devane) was arrested for domestic violence. The actor was involved in a fight with his then-girlfriend at their Hollywood apartment when he allegedly threw a television remote control at her. It hit the victim in the eye, leaving her with minor cuts and bruises. Because the injuries were minor, reports at the time indicated he’d probably be charged with a misdemeanor and not a felony.
Actress Sean Young, who played Meggie McClaine on Young & Restless, was placed under arrest in 2012 after an altercation at the Hollywood & Highland theater at a post-Oscars celebration. She was booked for misdemeanor battery after reportedly slapping a security guard who would not allow her into the party as she lacked a ticket. In 2018 the actress was under investigation in New York for the theft of two laptops from a production company she was directing a film for fired her. She later returned them after claiming she mistakingly took them while gathering her property to leave the studio. No charges were filed.
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