Game of Thrones Actor Arrested for Inappropriate Communication With a Minor
Game of Thrones actor Joseph Gatt was arrested this month for inappropriate communication with a minor. Gatt appeared on three episodes of the big-budget HBO series, which was based on the George R.R. Martin fantasy novel saga A Song of Ice and Fire. He played a member of the Thenn tribe in season 4, a group that is known for its cannibalistic practices. He had the ability to warg with an owl (meaning a sort of mind-melding bond), an ability that served him well in his position as a scout for Styr, the Magnar of Thenn. At the end of his Game of Thrones arc, the Thenn warg was shot in the head with a crossbow in season 4, episode 9, «The Watchers on the Wall.»
After Game of Thrones, Gatt spent time bouncing around various television projects. He had brief stints on series including Teen Wolf, Ray Donovan, The 100, and Real Rob. He also briefly took to the silver screen when he played South African hunter Neils Skellig in Tim Burton's live-action adaptation of Disney's Dumbo, which hit theaters in 2019. More recently, he has appeared on the zombie series Z Nation as The Man and voiced Lord Scourge in the Star Wars: The Old Republicvideo games.
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Per an LAPD report released April 12, 2022, Gatt was arrested in Los Angeles last week. On April 6, LAPD served the actor with a search warrant following a tip-off that he had been allegedly "[engaging] in online sexually explicit communication with a minor across state lines." At the time, they also found that he had an outstanding warrant for violating California Penal Code 288.3(a) – Contact with a Minor for Sexual Offense. The case is currently being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department, Internet
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