The Los Angeles Police Department’s juvenile division, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, has announced the arrest of actor Joseph Gatt on an outstanding warrant for contact with a minor for sex offenses under the California Criminal Code.
Gatt, 50, had supporting roles in Thor, Star Trek Into Darkness and Dumbo in 2011. On the small screen, he has appeared as Thenn Warg on Game of Thrones, as well as Banshee, Teen Wolf, Ray Donovan and NCIS: New Orleans.
Police allege that detectives issued a search warrant at Gatt’s Fairfax-area home at 4:45 a.m. on April 6 “after receiving information that Gatt was involved in a sexually explicit online communication with a minor across state lines.” was involved. The actor “was subsequently arrested by detectives on an outstanding warrant for … contact with a minor for a sex offense.”
The LAPD statement on the matter indicates that the department is “trying to identify additional victims.”
Gatt later released a statement on his social media channels calling the allegations “horrifying and completely false.” The actor said, “I have acknowledged errors and misleading information in today’s press release,” but indicated that he is “fully cooperating with the police and LAPD to investigate the matter.”
— Joseph Gatt (@MeetJoeGatt) April 13, 2022