Poundstone Facing Child-Abuse Charges
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| Entertainment - E! Online - updated 9:20 PM ET Jun 27 |
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Poundstone Facing Child-Abuse ChargesStand-up comic Paula Poundstone is facing serious jailtime after being arrested on child-abuse charges.The 41-year-old funnywoman, a fixture on the comedy-club and TV game-show circuits, was arrested in Malibu by Santa Monica police Wednesday afternoon on three felony counts of committing a lewd act upon a female child, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney's office. She was additionally charged with endangering another girl and two boys. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 13 years in state prison, authorities say. Poundstone remains jailed on $200,000 bail. Poundstone's publicist had no immediate comment on the arrest. According to prosecutors, Poundstone allegedly committed the lewd acts on three separate occasions: May 19, June 5 and June 6. The child-endangerment incident also allegedly occurred on June 6. Because of their ages, none of the children was identified. Poundstone has had several foster children over the years. At last count, Poundstone, a single mom, had three adopted children and two foster kids in her charge, ranging in age from 12 to two months. "I have a collecting jones...I'm not sure I could stop, unless I were stopped," she told the Seattle Times earlier this year. "But you know what, it's a tremendous amount of physical labor, but it seems to be pretty enjoyable, nonetheless." The kids had become a part of her routine, and she frequently made cracks about motherhood. "I have five children," the comic said during a March gig, according to a review in Springfield, Illinois' State Journal-Register. "To be honest with you, I'm beginning to feel a little bad for Joan Crawford. I have a feeling she said, 'No metal hangers,' several times nicely first." Poundstone has said she became interested in foster care after working at a home for abused families. Poundstone parlayed her stand-up fame into a disastrously short-lived ABC sitcom in 1993, the same year she began taking in foster kids. She is currently a regular on the syndicated versions of To Tell the Truth and Hollywood Squares. She also does voices on Disney's Hercules TV show and Science Court.
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