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Ferris Bueller Movie Actor Jeffrey Jones sentenced for having boy pose for nude photos
Published: Jul 09, 2003 - 03:15 PM
LOS ANGELES -- Actor Jeffrey Jones, best known for his portrayal of a high school official in the film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," pleaded no contest Tuesday to inducing a 14-year-old boy to pose for sexually explicit photographs and was sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to register as a sex offender.
Jones paid a Fontana, Calif., boy twice to pose nude for photographs he took at his Hollywood Hills home, according to court records.
Jones paid a Fontana, Calif., boy twice to pose nude for photographs he took at his Hollywood Hills home, according to court records.
During the sessions that began in 2000, Jones persuaded the boy, identified in court records as Steven C., to pose naked with a cowboy hat, a stuffed animal, and as an Indian.
With the parents of the victim watching, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Horwitz on Tuesday also ordered the 56-year-old actor to undergo a year of counseling and two years of drug and alcohol counseling, and barred him from possessing pornography.
As part of Jones' plea, Deputy District Attorney Deborah Knaan agreed to dismiss a misdemeanor charge of possession of child pornography against him. Knaan told the judge that Jones had already begun counseling.
"This concludes a really painful chapter in my life," Jones said outside the courtroom. "I'm sorry that this incident was allowed to occur. . . . It will never happen again."
Lawyers for Jones said his crime never extended beyond photographs.
With the parents of the victim watching, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Horwitz on Tuesday also ordered the 56-year-old actor to undergo a year of counseling and two years of drug and alcohol counseling, and barred him from possessing pornography.
As part of Jones' plea, Deputy District Attorney Deborah Knaan agreed to dismiss a misdemeanor charge of possession of child pornography against him. Knaan told the judge that Jones had already begun counseling.
"This concludes a really painful chapter in my life," Jones said outside the courtroom. "I'm sorry that this incident was allowed to occur. . . . It will never happen again."
Lawyers for Jones said his crime never extended beyond photographs.
