‘Home Alone’ actor Daniel Stern is in hot water after he was criminally charged for allegedly soliciting prostitution.
According to the Daily Mail, the Ventura County District Attorney filed a misdemeanor charge against the 68-year-old.
“Stern is scheduled to be arraigned at nine a.m. on Tuesday,” the outlet stated.
Stern was allegedly cited at a hotel in Camarillo, California.
Sounds like Daniel Stern didn't want to be home alone … because cops issued him a citation for allegedly trying to hire an escort.
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TMZ has more:
Daniel’s had a few notable incidents in Ventura County — about an hour northwest of Los Angeles — in recent months … as we first reported, he was rushed to the hospital back in October after the Ventura County Fire Department responded to a residence in Somis for a medical emergency.
ADVERTISEMENTIf the solicitation allegation is true, seems Daniel was trying to take the Wet and Sticky Bandit thing too far.
We reached out to Daniel’s camp … so far, no word back.
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Stern did not have a mugshot taken.
He was issued a ticket instead of being booked.
Prosecutors expect Stern’s attorney to appear in his place inside the courtroom.
Daily Mail shared further info:
In December, Stern revealed he has left Hollywood behind and now lives on a farm and grows tangerines.
Despite being a recognizable star of multiple Hollywood blockbusters, he now works as a cattle rancher, grows tangerines and works as a sculptor.
Stern previously revealed he had to fight to get a raise for the Home Alone sequel.
ADVERTISEMENTWhen the original 1990 Home Alone movie became a box office hit and a sequel was immediately greenlit, Stern previously recalled the studios approaching him with an offer of $600,000.
In his memoir Home And Alone, the actor revealed the offer was double his salary from the first movie, but his co-stars had received multi-million starting offers.
He said he asked Twentieth Century Fox for more money because Joe Pesci, who played his Wet Bandits sidekick Harry, was making around $2 to $3 million.
He also wrote in his book that leading star Macaulay Culkin, now 43, got a sequel deal for $5 million plus 5 percent of the gross box office earnings.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York premiered in November 1992, two years after the first movie — which was almost canned before production even began — was released.
Initially, Stern recalled producers taking six months just to make him the offer of $600,000, which he added was ‘double my original salary, but not quite the pot of gold I was hoping for.’






