The contents of the "child porn" turned out to be some old teen muscle magazines found among his large collection of vintage erotica that he would purchase in bulk through a buyer, as well as Rob Lowe's notorious 1988 sex tape (the one that showed him having sex with a random 16-year-old he had met at a nightclub in Atlanta). The story was later debunked as related to Reubens, with the child abuse charges being limited to Jones. The boy claimed Reubens and Jones forced him to perform oral sex on them, and was doing so for awhile, until the boy backed out, when he was afraid of what might happen to him if it continued. Originally, a year earlier, The National Enquirer reported that a 15-year-old boy accused Reubens and Jeffrey Jones (who also worked with Tim Burton) of child abuse. In 2002, 11 years after being arrested for masturbating in a movie theater, Reubens was arrested for items of child pornography in his Hollywood Hills home. As part of the deal, the county sealed all legal papers relating to the actor's arrest, not leaving Reubens with a criminal record. Reubens agreed to pay a $50 fine plus $85 in court costs as well as producing a memorably Narmy PSA for the Partnership for Drug-Free America commercial. As a result, CBS dropped Pee-wee's Playhouse and related merchandise was released from its shelves. Released on $219 bail, nobody realized what happened until somebody recognized him beneath his long hair and goatee. Seeking to escape from boredom, Reubens went to catch a showing of X-rated film Nurse Nancy, where he was arrested for sex charges when detectives allegedly saw him playing with his private parts. Sadly, Reubens' image of Pee-wee Herman was destroyed on July 28, 1991, when he fell victim to a police sting operation while visiting his parents in Sarasota on his summer vacation. Only appearing in ten minutes of The Groundlings as Pee-wee, Reubens nonetheless built up a considerable following, turning out to be a star of the '80s, marking his comedic fictional character's first significant appearance on the stage show The Pee-wee Herman Show, followed by big-screen roles in 1985's Pee-wee's Big Adventure (which is notable for being the feature-length directorial debut of an up-and-coming Tim Burton) and 1988's Big Top Pee-wee. Among Reubens' contributions to the comedic community were a philandering husband named Moses Feldman, an Indian chief named Jay Longtoe and cult character Pee-wee Herman, who debuted in 1978. During his time of pursuing an acting major at California Institute of the Arts as well as working in a string of pay-the-rent jobs, Reubens joined an improvisational comedy troupe called The Groundlings. In the mid-1970s, Paul Reubens' acting career grew steadily yet slowly with small roles in theater productions, gigs at local comedy clubs and four guest appearances on The Gong Show. After graduating from Sarasota High School in 1970, he attended Boston University for a year before dropping out and seeking his fortune in Hollywood. He joined the local Asolo Theater at the age of eleven, appearing in a variety of plays during the next six years. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, its atmosphere sparking his interest in entertainment and influenced his later work as well as wanting to make people laugh on account of his love of watching I Love Lucy reruns. Spending significant amount of his childhood in Oneonta, New York, Reubens regularly visited the Ringling Bros. "Pee-wee just kind of popped out one day, pretty much fully fleshed-out and fully formed."īorn Paul Rubenfeld on Augin Peekskill, NY, Paul Reubens is an American actor, writer, film producer and comedian best known for his role as hyper Manchild Pee-wee Herman.
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