'Young and the Restless' star Corey Sligh was arrested on child molestation charges in October. (Photo : YouTube/TMZLive)
Corey Sligh, best known for starring in the soap opera "Young and the Restless," has found himself in trouble. The actor has been charged with molesting a young girl, according to a law enforcement official.
Sligh was arrested and booked for child molestation in Georgia on Oct. 14 before being released on a bail bond of $22,000 on the same day, Lieutenant Jay Baker from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office told the Associated Press. Baker said that the victim was below the age of 10 and according to a police report, she was allegedly molested on several occasions between April and September, which is when the girl's parents filed the complaint against the actor.
Sligh, 29, played a recurring role as a waiter and bartender on "Young and the Restless" in 2014. His other credits include an appearance in the 2008's "God Is Dead" and the web series "All About Lizzie."
In 2014, Sligh was all over the news after he was hit by a car and assaulted by two men in the parking lot of a pharmacy. The actor had set out to deliver a Thanksgiving meal with his girlfriend in West Hollywood, California when a car with two passengers struck him after he told the driver to drive slowly.
The driver and the passenger were driving erratically in a Rite Aid parking lot. After hitting him with their car, the two men stepped out of the vehicle and started physically assaulting Sligh. The attack left the actor with a broken arm, for which he underwent surgery at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center while the two men behind the attack were placed under arrest.
"I am innocent and fighting this until the end, and the truth will prevail," the actor said in a statement to TMZ. For more details on Sligh's child molestation charges, watch the video below:
