Humorist and winner of the present “Final Comedian Standing” Jon Reep has been charged with sexually exploiting a minor, in response to experiences.
Reep, 53, who has appeared on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Black-ish”, was arrested on Friday at his dwelling in Hickory, North Carolina, after police obtained a cyber tip a few lurid account on an unspecified on-line app which allegedly belonged to the comic, WSOC-TV reported.
The allegations towards the season 5 winner of “Final Comedian Standing” contain sexual exploitation of minors between the age one and 14 years outdated, in response to court docket paperwork reviewed by the outlet.
Authorities executed a search warrant on the location related to the IP deal with of the suspicious account which led them to Reep.
Digital gadgets have been seized from the funnyman’s dwelling and are being analyzed for different unlawful on-line communications, in response to WSOC-TV.
The “Ginger Beard Man” comedian is charged with one depend of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and 9 counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, in response to police.
In Hickory, a small city of simply over 44,000 individuals, locals have been shocked when the information broke.
“[Reep was] not solely very well-known, however very properly appreciated,” resident Michael Swink instructed the outlet. “It’s a shock to listen to he would have these charged towards him.
A Hickory native, Reep as soon as starred in six well-known Dodge commercials, incorporating a well known catchphrase “Hey, that factor acquired a hemi in it?”
Reep was scheduled to carry out on Friday night time on the Paramount Theater in Goldsboro, NC, however that present has been rescheduled, Folks reported.
He posted bond on Friday shortly after his arrest.
