{"id":327488,"date":"2026-07-02T17:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327488\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:32:08","slug":"venezuelan-telenovela-actor-arrested-for-exposing-self-at-doral-country-club-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327488\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan telenovela actor arrested for exposing self at Doral country club, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

DORAL, Fla. \u2014 Doral police arrested longtime Venezuelan telenovela actor Franklin Virg\u00fcez on Wednesday after accusing him of publicly masturbating at a country club in the city.<\/p>\n

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According to Doral police, officers responded to the parking lot outside Doral Park Country Club, located at 5001 NW 104th Ave., after receiving reports of an indecent exposure. <\/p>\n

Responding officers spoke to the victim, who told them he saw a man, later identified as the 72-year-old Virg\u00fcez, sitting inside a gray Chevrolet Trax, masturbating with his penis fully exposed. <\/p>\n

Police said the victim was concerned due to there being several children playing at the park\u2019s nearby playground, so he entered the clubhouse and told employees, who \u201cadvised that they were unable to intervene and instructed him to contact law enforcement,\u201d according to an arrest form. <\/p>\n

The victim then returned to the parking lot and started recording the still-masturbating suspect, who took off after noticing he was being recorded, after which the victim contacted police and gave them the video, officers said. <\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for authorities to track down Virg\u00fcez, whose full name is Franklin Jose Virg\u00fcez Dun.<\/p>\n

According to police, Virg\u00fcez was taken into custody without incident outside his Doral home \u201cand his pants were observed to have multiple stains on the front crotch area consistent with semen,\u201d according to his arrest form. <\/p>\n

Authorities said Virg\u00fcez refused to answer questions without his attorney present.<\/p>\n

According to the Internet Movie Database<\/a>, Virg\u00fcez has an extensive history of acting, beginning in 1976. He\u2019s mainly starred in telenovelas and has also worked in films and on English language productions: his most recent credit was a role in the British television show \u201cAtomic.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of Thursday afternoon, Virg\u00fcez was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on two counts of indecent exposure and was being held on a $5,000 bond. <\/p>\n

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