‘Andi Mack’ actor Stoney Westmoreland fired after arrest in Salt Lake City

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2018

‘Andi Mack’ actor Stoney Westmoreland fired after arrest in Salt Lake City

By The Associated Press

New York • Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland has been fired after he was arrested in Salt Lake City for allegedly attempting to have a sexual relationship with an online acquaintance he believed was 13 years old.

In a statement Saturday, Disney announced that the 48-year-old Westmoreland had been dropped from the sitcom "Andi Mack," on which he plays the grandfather of the teen-age title character. The show films in Utah.

Salt Lake police detective Greg Wilking told The Associated Press that Westmoreland was on his way to what he believed would be a sexual encounter when he was arrested Friday and charged with enticing a minor and sending inappropriate materials, including nude images. A message left with Westmoreland's agent, Mitchell Stubbs, was not immediately returned.

Westmoreland’s other acting credits include “Scandal” and “Breaking Bad.”

https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2018/12/15/disney-actor-stoney/

 

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Fired ‘Andi Mack’ Actor Stoney Westmoreland Charged With Six Felonies

By Erik Pedersen

December 24, 2018 2:57pm

https://deadline.com/2018/12/andi-mack-actor-stoney-westmoreland-charged-six-felonies-underage-sex-1202525804/

Stoney Westmoreland, who played the grandfather on Disney Channel sitcom Andi Mack until he was fired amid allegations of trying to arrange online to have sex with a 13-year-old, has been charged with six felony counts involving the case.

Today’s counts pinclude attempted exploitation of a minor and enticing a minor.

Salt Lake City prosecutors said Westmoreland, 48, found a Grindr profile operated by a police detective near where the Disney Channel sitcom is filmed. According to court documents, on December 13 the actor took a ridesharing service to meet the boy to take him back to his hotel room. He was arrested that day, and Disney cut ties with him hours later.

An affidavit filed this month in 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City indicated that Westmoreland began communicating online with a user he believed was underage “on an Internet app used for dating and meeting people for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity.”

The age of the alleged victim is the same as the central characters on Andi Mack and the young actors who play them. The comedy, created by Terri Minsky, follows 13-year-old Andi Mack and her best friends, Cyrus Goodman and Buffy Driscoll, as they attend middle school.