# Mark Salling (Puck from Glee) arrested for having child porn. EDIT: Found dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684 "2015-12-29T22:35:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/1 "2015-12-29T22:35:02Z")
First Jared Fogle and now [Mark Salling](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/glee-actor-mark-salling-arrested-suspicion-possessing-child-pornography-n487466?cid=sm_fb). Since these things seem to come in threes, who will be the third “Wow, I didn’t see that one coming” celebrity child pornography collector, I wonder. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/2 "2015-12-29T22:47:17Z")
Justin Beiber. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/3 "2015-12-29T22:48:11Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Justin Beiber. Those are selfies! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/4 "2015-12-29T23:20:27Z")
K, then, Carrot Top. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/5 "2015-12-30T06:08:57Z")
I’m always skeptical of these things until the facts come out. Have to admit I was not expecting the Jared case to turn out the way it did. Wasn’t Paul Reubens arrested for CP, too, but it turned out to be nothing? There was a basketball player investigated a couple years ago for an underage accusation, which turned out the be bogus. Of course there were many stories alleging his ties to child sex and the ominous sounding investigation, based on the flimsiest of accusations, but not much was said when he was completely cleared and it was obvious he didn’t do anything. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/6 "2015-12-30T07:59:03Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > Wasn’t Paul Reubens arrested for CP, too, but it turned out to be nothing? Naah, it wasn’t “nothing”, it was “erotica” - he plead guilty to a lesser charge. And to be fair, he already had the previous indecent exposure arrest against him. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/7 "2015-12-30T12:59:23Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > I’m always skeptical of these things until the facts come out. Come on now, don’t be obtuse; **Carrot Top** , man! ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/8 "2015-12-30T19:30:25Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > I’m always skeptical of these things until the facts come out. Me too. I wonder if it’s just teenage fans sending him selfies? He played a high-school kid on TV even though he’s like 30-something, am I correct? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/9 "2015-12-30T19:50:15Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Naah, it wasn’t “nothing”, it was “erotica” - he plead guilty to a lesser charge. And to be fair, he already had the previous indecent exposure arrest against him. Actually, [the one illegal tape came from the material from another case](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4653913/ns/dateline_nbc/t/pee-wee-herman-creator-speaks-out/#.VoQ0bVnpfd4) and was “accidentally” included with the stuff seized from Ruben’s home. Everything he had was legal. Nudity is **not** pornography. I was raised nudist, and by the current standard, our 8mm home movies from the camp would be considered “child porn”. (No, I don’t still have them. They were destroyed long ago.) And he was busted for exposing himself in a porn theater. I thought these things were decided based on community standards. That’s like being busted for lewd behavior in a strip club. ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/10 "2015-12-30T20:42:29Z")
With the amount of cases of teen sexting we hear about I wouldn’t be too surprised if more people aren’t caught up in kiddie porn cases just by being the recipient of unsolicited selfies from teens. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/11 "2015-12-30T20:50:30Z")
> [@justmeetee](#): > > With the amount of cases of teen sexting we hear about I wouldn’t be too surprised if more people aren’t caught up in kiddie porn cases just by being the recipient of unsolicited selfies from teens. More of this is happening. In some places, teens can be considered an adult in regards to sex but considered a juvenile in sexting cases. Dan Savage was just talking about this on his podcast this week. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/12 "2015-12-30T21:48:25Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Me too. I wonder if it’s just teenage fans sending him selfies? He played a high-school kid on TV even though he’s like 30-something, am I correct? No, the pics he had were of children under the age of 10. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/13 "2015-12-31T07:48:24Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Actually, [the one illegal tape came from the material from another case](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4653913/ns/dateline_nbc/t/pee-wee-herman-creator-speaks-out/#.VoQ0bVnpfd4) and was “accidentally” included with the stuff seized from Ruben’s home. Everything he had was legal. If it was all legal, why’d the obscenity charge stick? > [@](#): > > Nudity is **not** pornography. Agreed. Now, try getting _Pretty Baby_ or _Bilitis_ remade today, even without any actual sex scenes… > [@](#): > > And he was busted for exposing himself in a porn theater. I thought these things were decided based on community standards. That’s like being busted for lewd behavior in a strip club. Whip out your dick in a strip club and see how far community standards take you… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/14 "2015-12-31T10:24:47Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Whip out your dick in a strip club and see how far community standards take you… Strip clubs are generally anti-sex. But porn theaters were pretty much made for wanking. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/15 "2015-12-31T13:17:36Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > If it was all legal, why’d the obscenity charge stick? IIRC the obscenity charge “stuck” in that it was a plea deal and Rubens’ lawyer decided it was not worth fighting it. > [@](#): > > Agreed. Now, try getting _Pretty Baby_ or _Bilitis_ remade today, even without any actual sex scenes… I’ve often imagined Teri Shields would have had FCS/CPS fall on her head hard had the standards and practices been today’s. Never mind _Pretty Baby_, the nude photo spreads, whoa. > [@](#): > > Whip out your dick in a strip club and see how far community standards take you… > [@BigT](#): > > Strip clubs are generally anti-sex. But porn theaters were pretty much made for wanking. Except that the law did not make an exception for porn theaters being made for wanking. Legally speaking, the porn theaters merely were theaters showing porn features and whipping it out in there was still an offense, the only question being whether any observer would complain. This was one of those cases of (literally) looking the other way as long as a public nuisance was avoided, but the places were still policed to look out for actual sex or prostitution, and if you happen to engage in lewd exposure within sight of an undercover vice cop, he has to take you in. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/16 "2015-12-31T13:29:53Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > This was one of those cases of (literally) looking the other way as long as a public nuisance was avoided, but the places were still policed to look out for actual sex or prostitution, and if you happen to engage in lewd exposure within sight of an undercover vice cop, he has to take you in. And some places didn’t look the other way. My city shut down an adult bookstore as a public nuisance because of what patrons were doing in _private_ viewing booths where a video could be played for a small fee. The public nuisance was that the mayor believed watching porn in such a booth would lead the patrons to gather at an elementary school to abuse children. (I believe this wasn’t very long after the satanic panic.) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/17 "2015-12-31T18:55:15Z")
Joe Piscapo! He borrowed Stevie Wonder’s Canon AE-1, you see… ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/18 "2015-12-31T20:18:34Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Since these things seem to come in threes, who will be the third “Wow, I didn’t see that one coming” celebrity child pornography collector, I wonder. I’m voting for former 1Der Zayne. Millions of teenage girls heads will explode. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/19 "2016-01-01T01:45:49Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Except that the law did not make an exception for porn theaters being made for wanking. Legally speaking, the porn theaters merely were theaters showing porn features and whipping it out in there was still an offense, the only question being whether any observer would complain. Right, but the community of the porn theater obviously didn’t have any problem with seeing people engaging in sex; in fact they paid money for the experience. It’s not as if anyone actually sitting in the theater was going to be offended. It was insanity for the taxpayers spending money sending cops into a porn theater to watch porn and specifically look for people who were not in any way doing anything that would bother their fellow raincoaters. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684/20 "2018-01-30T23:57:05Z")
He’s been [found](https://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiarosenbaum/glee-star-mark-salling-has-been-found-dead?utm_term=.qayBBvdgqR#.kdaXXawpQA) dead in a riverbed near LA. Good riddance. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684.md?page=2)