Salling pleads not guilty to child porn charges
(5 Jun 2016) SALLING PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHILD PORN CHARGES An actor who starred in the musical comedy-drama "Glee" pleaded not guilty to federal pornography charges in Los Angeles on Friday and had his internet usage and travel severely restricted. US Magistrate Judge Rozella A. Oliver ruled Mark Salling can be released after he posts US$150,000 bail, including US$100,000 of his own money to guarantee future court appearances. Salling, 33, answered several questions from the judge and entered the not guilty during his court appearance, which also resulted in a July trial date being set. Salling, who played bad-boy Noah "Puck" Puckerman on the Fox musical drama, was charged last week with two counts receiving and possessing child pornography after a grand jury indicted him last week. US Attorney's spokesman Thom Mrozek said investigators found an extensive, carefully organized collection of child pornography during searches of Salling's electronic devices. Prosecutors initially sought to have Salling held without bail, but reached an agreement with the actor's attorneys to allow bail to be posted. Salling's attorney Alan Eisner surrendered Salling's passport during Friday's hearing. Salling's internet-connected devices must now be approved by federal authorities, he will have to wear a location monitoring bracelet and submit to drug testing as conditions of his release. Eisner declined comment after the hearing and Salling did not speak as he left the courthouse. Salling was arrested at his home last December after Los Angeles police officers and federal agents seized a laptop, hard drive and flash drive they say contained images and videos depicting child pornography. He was charged with one count of using the Internet to obtain a pornographic still image and video of young girls and a second count of possessing two other child porn videos that also featured young girls. If convicted, he could face as much as 20 years in prison on each of the charges. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
