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Disney Actor Stoney Westmoreland Fired

/ CBS Detroit

NEW YORK (AP) —Nude pictures, materials and arranged meeting spell the end for Disney Channel star.

Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland has been fired after he was arrested in Salt Lake City for allegedly attempting to have a sexual relationship with an online acquaintance he believed was 13 years old.

Rising Stars at the GLAAD Media Awards Los Angeles
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - APRIL 11: Stoney Westmoreland attends Rising Stars at the GLAAD Media Awards Los Angeles at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 11, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for GLAAD)

In a statement Saturday, Disney announced that the 48-year-old Westmoreland had been dropped from the sitcom "Andi Mack," on which he plays the grandfather of the teen-age title character. The show films in Utah.

Rising Stars at the GLAAD Media Awards Los Angeles
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - APRIL 11: Stoney Westmoreland and Joshua Rush attend Rising Stars at the GLAAD Media Awards Los Angeles at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 11, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for GLAAD)

Salt Lake police detective Greg Wilking told The Associated Press that Westmoreland was on his way to what he believed would be a sexual encounter when he was arrested Friday and charged with enticing a minor and sending inappropriate materials, including nude images.

A message left with Westmoreland's agent, Mitchell Stubbs, was not immediately returned.

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