# Star Trek actor arrested for flashing children **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426 "2015-09-16T00:50:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426/61 "2015-09-18T20:55:41Z")
What about Vulcans and Terrans? We see Spock in TNG and he’s just got a few grey hairs. Sarek dies of old age (and a Vulcan syndrome I can’t recall the name of. It causes an increasing loss of emotional control) during TNG. Spock’s mom, of course, was human. Her life span was about less than half that of a Vulcan. More, from what I’ve seen of Voyager, the Ocampans are essentially human in mind. They live less than ten years. They have some psychic abilities. But their needs and personalities are essentially the same as ours. Compare that too the difference between Vulcans and Terrans. We have unfettered emotions. Most humans eat meat. To me, this is a much bigger gulf to cross. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426/62 "2015-09-18T21:43:33Z")
She’s been in jail since Sept 2. on two misdemeanor counts? I guess she can’t afford bail. Thays pretty sad. She needs to be in a treatment program of some kind. > **[‘Star Trek: Voyager’ actress Jennifer Lien charged with indecent exposure | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/15/entertainment/star-trek-arrest-jennifer-lien-feat/)** > > Jennifer Lien, an actress best known for her role as Kes on “Star Trek: Voyager,” was arrested on a charge of incident exposure on September 3 in Tennessee. > **[‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Actress Jennifer Lien Arrested for Indecent Exposure](https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/jennifer-lien-arrested-star-trek-voyager-1201594328/)** > > "Star Trek: Voyager" actress Jennifer Lien has been in custody for two weeks after allegedly exposing herself in front of several children. > [@](#): > > An actress best known for “Star Trek: Voyager” was arrested on September 3. > [@](#): > > “Star Trek: Voyager” actress Jennifer Lien was arrested and has been in custody for two weeks after allegedly exposing herself in front of several children, Roane County police confirm. > > Lien has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure in an incident that happened on Aug. 31 in Harriman, Tenn. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426/63 "2015-09-18T21:51:30Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > She’s been in jail since Sept 2. on two misdemeanor counts? I guess she can’t afford bail. Thays pretty sad. Yeah, it’s pretty sad when someone from a Trek show can’t even make a little cash on the convention circuit. I don’t know if that says more about her and her current state, or about Voyager, and how Trekkies feel about it. Yeah, I said Trekkies not Trekkers. Deal. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426/64 "2015-09-19T00:57:27Z")
Well, I wonder how she ended up living alone in boondocks, Tennessee. Not making bail could be more a sign of mental state over finances. I guess she doesn’t have any family around? ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426/65 "2015-09-19T03:48:41Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Yeah, it’s pretty sad when someone from a Trek show can’t even make a little cash on the convention circuit. I don’t know if that says more about her and her current state, or about Voyager, and how Trekkies feel about it. > > Yeah, I said Trekkies not Trekkers. Deal. I have heard that she is very shy and even when she did conventions, she wasn’t very good. But that may be related to her present problems. Never would have guessed it was her based on the photo. I blame “People” magazine. STV was all set to dump Harry Kim and replace him with Jeri Ryan after season 3. But “People” decided to name Garrett Wong as one of the 50 most beautiful people and Kes got the pink slip. Couldn’t they have gotten rid of Neelix, Chukotay or Paris instead? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426/66 "2017-11-26T23:41:35Z")
**update** Very glad to hear Jennifer is getting the medical help she badly needed. Treatment is the best possible outcome for someone with a mental disorder. [http://www.roanecounty.com/content/star-trek-actress’-charges-dismissed](http://www.roanecounty.com/content/star-trek-actress%E2%80%99-charges-dismissed) > [@](#): > > She paid $2,291.85 in restitution to the Harriman Police Department on Feb. 29 and was ordered to continue complying with her mental health treatment. > > In addition to paying restitution, Lien also reportedly managed to go several months this year without any further incidents. > > Officials said that was key. > > “She had paid restitution in full to Harriman PD and had complied for six months or more without any further problems, and is supposedly doing well,” District Attorney General Russell Johnson said. > > Nelson said her office is pleased with the outcome. > > “All her cases were dismissed,” she said. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426/67 "2017-11-27T00:16:24Z")
Wow, bumped for good news and not a death. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426/68 "2017-11-27T00:42:11Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > I have heard that she is very shy and even when she did conventions, she wasn’t very good. But that may be related to her present problems. Never would have guessed it was her based on the photo. > > I blame “People” magazine. STV was all set to dump Harry Kim and replace him with Jeri Ryan after season 3. But “People” decided to name Garrett Wong as one of the 50 most beautiful people and Kes got the pink slip. Couldn’t they have gotten rid of Neelix, Chukotay or Paris instead? I believe they had to dump her because of the show’s premise. What do you do with a character who only has a nine year lifespan and was already three when the show started? ---
**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:** [November 27, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426/69 "2017-11-27T00:54:45Z")
She was only 2 when the show started, and the original plan was to have her visibly age about a decade a season until she was an old woman by the time they got to Earth. They never followed through with aging her, and a new female character (Seven of Nine) was introduced so away she went. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-actor-arrested-for-flashing-children/731426.md?page=3)