Paula poundstone arrest lewd
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Paula Poundstone’s Plea Deal Ends Child Abuse Case
Entertainer Paula Poundstone, an adoptive and foster parent who has been a fixture on the stand-up comedy scene for 20 years, pleaded no contest Wednesday to one count of felony child abuse and a misdemeanor charge of inflicting injury upon a child.
As part of a plea agreement with Los Angeles County prosecutors, Poundstone is expected to be placed on probation for five years but will not go to jail, attorneys said.
Poundstone, 41, changed her earlier plea of not guilty before Superior Court Judge Bernard Kamins at the Santa Monica courthouse. In exchange, prosecutors dropped three counts of committing lewd acts against a child and added the misdemeanor count.
Had Poundstone been convicted of the original charges, she could have received 13 years and four months in state prison, authorities said.
Poundstone was arrested in June for alleged lewd acts and child abuse involving her three adoptive and two foster children.
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Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone was born on månad 29th, , in Birmingham, Alabama but you don't care about that. You don't even care that she was a foster child and got her feature rulle debut (and really, only feature film) in the flick Hyperspace. Her squeaky-clean comedy act, her many appearances on The Tonight Show, her own short-lived Paula Poundstone Show in even her recurring roles on various sitcoms elicit nothing more than a derisive "meh."
No, all you care about is that in June of , she was arrested for various charges representing endangerment of foster and adopted children beneath her care.
And you don't even care about that; you really just care that somehow, this gravelly-voiced commedienne with years of on-the-fringes appearances and an act of being incredulous and softly snide about politics and life, was charged with committing lewd acts on a girl under the ag
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Comedian charged with committing lewd acts
Comedian Paula Poundstone was arrested in Malibu Wednesday and charged with committing lewd acts upon a child and child endangerment, authorities said.
Poundstone, who appears on the TV game show &#;To Tell the Truth,&#; syndicated by Pearson Television, was charged with three counts of committing a lewd act on a child under age 14, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney said in a statement.
The popular year-old comic, known for her political satire and observational humor, was also charged with endangering three other children, the spokeswoman said. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 13 years in prison.
&#;I know Paula Poundstone well enough to know that these charges are % incorrect,&#; her manager Bonnie Burns said in a statement.
&#;She has been an incredible parent,&#; Burns said of Poundstone, who adopted two girls in and has been a foster mother.
&#;She&#;s made huge sacrifices to see that chil