NEW YORK (AP) — Former child star Orlando Brown has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from an alleged altercation in Lima, Ohio.
According to Allen County Sheriff’s Office records, the 35-year-old Brown was taken into custody Thursday morning and held on a $25,000 bond. He was arraigned Friday in Lima Municipal Court and charged with aggravated menacing, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Police told the Times that they had been summoned to a home and witnessed a verbal argument they feared could turn violent.
The Times said an attorney had not yet been assigned to represent Brown.
Brown, best known for the Disney Channel series “That’s So Raven,” has had numerous legal and other personal troubles, including charges of domestic battery, resisting arrest and drug possession.
He has been in out of medical and rehabilitation facilities. In 2018 he reached out for help to Dr. Phil McGraw, who brought him onto his television show to discuss Brown’s struggles.
Details via TMZ:
According to cops, Orlando’s brother Matthew claims he allowed the actor to stay at a home he was renovating because Orlando is homeless — and he didn’t want him to go to a homeless shelter.
Matthew told officers Orlando was acting “crazy” inside the home, accusing him of raping his wife and then came at him with a broken off knife blade and a hammer in a threatening manner.
Matthew told cops Orlando was never able to physically strike him with the weapons, and eventually set them down.
We’re told Matthew and Orlando are not actually blood brothers — but that’s what he told cops.
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