Prosecutors in Ventura County, Calif., have filed one misdemeanor count against Stern.

Home Alone actor Daniel Stern charged with soliciting prostitution

Prosecutors in Ventura County, Calif., have filed one misdemeanor count against Stern.

By Raechal Shewfelt

Raechal Shewfelt

Raechal Shewfelt is a writer at **. She has been working at EW since 2024. Her work has previously appeared on Yahoo and in American *Journalism Review* and *The Shreveport Times*.

EW's editorial guidelines

January 12, 2026 11:16 p.m. ET

Leave a Comment

Daniel Stern has been charged with soliciting prostitution. Credit:

Michael Tullberg/Getty

Actor Daniel Stern, who played one of the burglars breaking into Kevin McCallister's home in classic Christmas movie *Home Alone*, is in legal trouble in real life.

Prosecutors in California's Ventura County filed one misdemeanor count of soliciting prostitution against the actor Monday, a spokesman for the district attorney's office told **. The offense allegedly occurred on Dec. 10 in the city of Camarillo.

***Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.*****

PEOPLE reported that the actor was cited at a motel.**

He is perhaps best known for playing Marv, one of the "Wet Bandits," alongside Joe Pesci's Harry, in the 1990 family film and its sequel, *Home Alone 2: Lost in New York*. In the second one, Marv and Harry have managed to escape prison and meet up with Macaulay Culkin's character, Kevin, a second time, when the boy once again finds himself on his own for the most wonderful time of the year.

'High School Musical 3' star Matt Prokop arrested, charged with possessing child pornography

NBC pulls 'Law & Order: SVU' episode featuring Timothy Busfield amid child sex abuse charges

Throughout both films, Stern's Marv is subjected to some of the worst obstacles set up to protect Keven, including stepping on a nail barefoot, taking a hot iron to the face and bricks to the head, and surviving an electrocution.

Stern, 68, is also known, though, for movies such as *Diner*, *Hannah and Her Sisters*, *My Blue Heaven*, and both *City Slickers* and its sequel, *City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold*.

He later starred in the films *Very Bad Things*, *Whip It*, and the sequel to another holiday classic, *A Christmas Story*, 2012's *A Christmas Story 2*.

Daniel Stern plays Marv in 'Home Alone' in 1990.

On TV, he narrated the dramedy *The Wonder Years *for all five seasons, between 1988 and 1993. The star has also appeared on the shows *Dilbert*, *Manhattan*, *Shrill*, and *For All Mankind*.

In recent years, Stern, who is married and has three adult children, also spent his time sculpting and farming at a California ranch, PEOPLE reported.

He felt "an obligation to take advantage of my good fortune, after making "enough money that I didn't have to work."**

Stern's arraignment is set for Jan. 13. * *has reached out to a rep for the actor.

- Celebrities & Creators

- Celebrity Lawsuits & Legal Troubles

Original Article on Source

Source: “EW Celebrity”