Latest drama for former Disney child star
A former Disney Channel star was arrested Thursday in Ohio on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, The Post can confirm.
Orlando Brown, 35, was taken into custody after the Lima Police Department received a call about a fight in progress, a police spokesperson told The Post.
A representative for Brown’s company, Young Starr Entertainment, did not immediately return a Post request for comment Friday.
The “That’s So Raven” star was reportedly in an altercation with a man named Matthew, whose ties to Brown are unclear, according to TMZ.
The outlet reported Matthew allegedly told police he had been allowing Brown to live in a home he was renovating because the actor is homeless.
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He reportedly told police that Brown began acting “crazy” at the house, accusing him of raping his wife and allegedly trying to attack him with a broken-off knife blade and a hammer, but he never made contact and eventually put the weapons down.
Brown was charged with domestic violence by threat and booked at 10:52 a.m. According to police, the charge was reduced to misdemeanor aggravated menacing at his arraignment Friday, and Brown is being held at Allen County Jail on a $25,000 cash bond.
TMZ noted that the former child star is believed to have been living in Ohio for more than a month.
Brown made his big screen debut in 1995, in the Damon Wayans comedy “Major Payne.” He went on to appear in several popular family sitcoms, including “Family Matters” and “Two of a Kind,” before playing Eddie Thomas in Disney Channel’s “That’s So Raven,” which aired from 2003-07.
Thursday’s incident follows a string of arrests dating back to 2007. In 2018, he was arrested nearly every other month for charges ranging from burglary and drug possession to resisting a public officer and domestic battery.
After a difficult year, in which he revealed a tattoo on his chest of former co-star Raven Symoné, Brown met with Dr. Phil McGraw on an episode that aired in December 2018.
He admitted to struggling with addiction, homelessness and mental health issues. He later revealed he had smoked weed before the appearance and went to a rehab facility after leaving the show.
“I didn’t want to be there [on ‘Dr. Phil’] … I got duped into going there,” Brown said in April on the “No Jumper” podcast. “I was supposed to be doing ‘The Wendy Williams Show,’ and they literally duped me.”
He concluded: “But I thank Dr. Phil, man. He’s awesome. At one point, yeah, I dissed him because I felt like he allowed me to get ambushed.”
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