'Glee' Star Mark Salling Arrested for Possession of Child Porn, Out on Bail

Mark Salling

People magazine is reporting that Glee's Mark Salling, an original cast member who played the iconic bully-with-a-heart-of-gold Noah Puckerman, has been arrested. The charges are disturbing.

"He was taken into custody this morning for possession of child porn," Officer Aareon Jefferson of the Los Angeles Police Department told People.

According to TMZ, Salling was booked on possession of child porn, specifically porn involving minors "engaging in or simulating sexual conduct."

Bail was set at $20,000 and Salling's family posted it.

Law enforcement sources now tell us they've already seen more than a thousand images of "child sexual exploitation" on Salling's computer. Cops also seized other electronic devices, including tablets and cellphones. We're also told he lives alone, which will make it hard to argue someone else put the images in the computer.

Sources say when cops arrived to search the home, Salling was "shocked."

The law provides if there are more than 600 images, the maximum punishment is 5 years in prison.

The syndicated TV series Crime Watch Daily first reported the arrest. Billy Jensen, a correspondent for the show, told the CBS-owned news-radio station KNX-AM that police reportedly acted on a tip from a friend or "possibly a girlfriend of his,” adding, “As far as what they found, the number is in the hundreds of images. We haven’t heard anything about videos or anything like that."

Heather Morris, Mark Salling, Amber Riley & Harry Shum, Jr. Will Not Be GLEE Series Regulars For Season 5

GLEE original castmembers Heather Morris (Brittany), Mark Salling (Puck), Amber Riley (Mercedes) and Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike) will not be returning to the Fox musical soap as series regulars, TVLine is reporting.

Dianna Agron (Quinn) — who was only seen in a handful of episodes last season — is not slated to be back, save for a possible guest appearance here and there.

Morris, Salling, Riley and Shum may also return as occasional guest stars.

GLEE Season 5 premieres on Thursday, September 19.

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Mark Salling Sexual Battery Lawsuit: GLEE Star Says He'll Defend Himself 'Vigorously'
E! Correspondent Ross Matthews caught up with the "Glee" star at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night, and asked Salling if he wanted to address reports that his ex-girlfriend Roxanne Gorzela is suing him because she claims he forced her to have sex without a condom, and later allegedly grabbed her and pushed her to the ground, causing her to hit her head.

"You hear about fraudulent lawsuits all the time, [but] ’til it happens to you, you really don’t grasp what it does, not to just you but your family," he told E! News. "You want the legal process to happen as fast as possible, but it takes time. I want the chance to defend myself — and I will, vigorously.”

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J.R. Martinez not joining new ALL MY CHILDREN
The actor tweeted the news: "I won't be joining the online version. Complicated w/ my current schedule. Maybe we'll find out who JR shot! Love Brot."

ALL MY CHILDREN alum Jennifer Bassey teases "wonderful surprises" on Twitter
"News. there will be some wonderful surprises in the next few months on AMC. Thats all I can say right now. Sworn to secrecy. xxxx J"