Daniel Stern Fired From ABC Pilot After Soliciting Prostitution Charge
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Key Points:
- Daniel Stern has been removed from ABC's comedy pilot "Do You Want Kids?" following misdemeanor charges of soliciting prostitution, with the role he was cast in now being recast.
- Stern was cited on December 10 by Ventura County deputies for allegedly soliciting a prostitute, and his arraignment has been postponed to February 6; if convicted, he faces up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
- "Do You Want Kids?" is a single-camera comedy about a married couple experiencing two parallel universes—one with a baby and one without—and how that choice affects their lives.
- Stern was set to play Freddy, the gruff patriarch of the Zilbalodis family, in the pilot
