Old Disney actor Orlando Brown floundered in his latest movie role on Thursday when he was arrested in Ohio for allegedly brandishing multiple weapons at the director.
The It’s So Raven The actor, 35, was taken into custody shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday, a spokesperson for the Lima Police Department told The Daily Beast. He is being held at the Allen County Jail without bond.
According to a police report, Lima-based media entrepreneur Matthew Sanders let Brown stay at a rental home he was renovating because the actor is currently homeless and “he is not wanted him to go to a homeless shelter.”
Sanders told officers that Brown was acting “crazy”. Speaking to The Daily Beast on Friday, Sanders said the former child star accused him of raping Brown’s wife and children before attacking him with a broken blade in one hand and a hammer in the other. . However Brown didn’t quite manage to attack him.
No injuries were reported in the incident.
Sanders told The Daily Beast that Brown was his business partner, despite earlier reports stating they were brothers. Police noted that the couple identified themselves as “blood brothers”.
Sanders said the two teamed up after he reached out to Brown via Instagram in August for help promoting his card game, “Who’s Keep It Real?”
Apparently Brown didn’t do anything except.
“He is very smart and very smart. I’m not a doctor, but in my opinion, he has mental problems and sometimes his words don’t match reality,” Sanders said.
The businessman said he also gave Brown a supporting role in a film he produced and directed, titled Score up. Social media users discovered Brown around Lima in recent weeks.
“I think it will be great. It could show someone took his chance and that he still has all the skills and talents that all the other famous actors have,” Sanders said.
The movie, about a soldier leaving his family for a catfish hunter he met online, started filming on January 14. Unfortunately, Sanders didn’t see a way for Brown to get the job. can return. The Lima Police report notes that Sanders has made it clear that he intends to press charges.
“I don’t think that’s possible because Orlando needs help that we can’t provide,” Sanders told The Daily Beast. “We all loved him, and unfortunately, at the time, he was a threat to ourselves and others.”
Brown has battled addiction for many years and is arrested for domestic battery in 2016. Speaking at a fundraising event for a religious rehab facility in 2020, he revealed, “I’ve been through a lot. I experimented with meth, with weed. I don’t know what I’m doing. I was addicted to the internet. All kinds of tools.
He also displays a strange obsession with his former co-star Raven-Symoné over the years. In a 2016 interview with hip-hop blog VladTV, he hinted that he and Raven had been romantically involved during their time on the show, starting on Hanson’s song “MMBop” while catching up. imitate oral sex. He is also show off a huge tattoo afterward Raven’s House stars splashed all over his neck and chest.
