{"id":132893,"date":"2026-01-14T07:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/132893\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:15:12","slug":"daniel-stern-charged-with-soliciting-prostitution-in-ventura-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/132893\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Stern charged with soliciting prostitution in Ventura County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Authorities charged “Home Alone” star<\/a> Daniel Stern with soliciting prostitution, Fox News Digital can confirm.<\/p>\n

Stern allegedly made the solicitation on Dec. 10 at a motel in Camarillo, a spokesperson for the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

The actor was charged Jan. 12. His arraignment, originally scheduled for Jan. 13, was pushed to Feb. 6.<\/p>\n

\u2018HOME ALONE\u2019 STAR DANIEL STERN DITCHED HOLLYWOOD FOR QUIET LIFE ON A FARM<\/a><\/p>\n

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Daniel Stern was arrested and charged with soliciting prostitution, Fox News Digital confirmed. (Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Stern is known for his role as “Wet Bandit” Marv in the ’90s Christmas classic “Home Alone.”<\/a> His character was one of the two criminals who broke into the Chicago home to rob the McCallisters.<\/p>\n

Now 68, the actor left Hollywood behind to live a slower-paced life with his wife.<\/p>\n

He moved to a farm in Ventura to tend cattle and grow produce, according to People magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Stern rose to fame in the 1990s with roles in “Home Alone,” “City Slickers” and “The Wonder Years.” (The Everett Collection)<\/p>\n

Stern also appeared in “Breaking Away,” “City Slickers” and “The Wonder Years.”<\/a><\/p>\n

He claimed he made “enough money that I didn’t have to work” during his success in the \u201880s and \u201990s. According to Stern, he had “an obligation to take advantage of [his] good fortune.” However, his success didn’t come without a couple of near missteps.<\/p>\n

“I almost blew it a couple times,” he told the Los Angeles Times<\/a> of certain career moves.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Stern, best known for playing Marv in the “Home Alone” films, was charged with soliciting prostitution in Ventura County, Calif. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

In fact, Stern, who starred alongside Joe Pesci and Macaulay Culkin in “Home Alone” and “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” said he almost lost out on playing Marv as a result of “the stupidest decisions in my show business life.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stern said he initially backed out of the deal due to disagreements in the contract. The role was recast, but after a couple of days of rehearsals, the producers urged him to return.<\/p>\n

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The 68-year-old actor left Hollywood years ago to live on a farm in Ventura County with his wife. (Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Stern gave fans a glimpse into what his life has been like since stepping away from the entertainment industry, showcasing his farm life on TikTok.<\/p>\n

“Hello, as you will come to discover, I live on a farm, and we grow tangerines here,” Stern showed fans in December 2024.<\/p>\n

“I juice them up and then freeze them and give them away to my friends,” he added before giving viewers a glimpse of his work station.<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital’s Christina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Authorities charged “Home Alone” star Daniel Stern with soliciting prostitution,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,723,967,62054,1399,10625],"class_list":["post-132893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-crime","tag-entertainment","tag-in-court","tag-movies","tag-police-and-law-enforcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}