Game of Thrones Star Joseph Gatt Appears in Court on Child S3x Crime Charge (Photos)
Game of Thrones star Joseph Gatt has appeared in court on charges of having sexually explicit online contact with a minor.
The 51-year-old British actor appeared in court in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, December 4, with his longtime girlfriend, actress and writer Mercy Malick.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kim Nguyen ordered Gatt to appear in court for a preliminary hearing that she has set for Dec. 18, when prosecutors are expected to present Internet evidence allegedly found at Gatt's Los Angeles home. He remains free on $5,000 bond.
Gatt told DailyMail after Monday's brief hearing: “I would love to talk about it but I have been advised by my lawyer not to comment at this time.”
He was arrested in Los Angeles in April 2022 and his home was searched by officers from the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Juvenile Division armed with a search warrant.
He was charged with “contact with a minor for a sexual offense” and also faces a second charge of illegal possession of an assault weapon.
He pleaded not guilty to both charges in subsequent court appearances, and although he was granted $5,000 bail, he was also ordered to have no unsupervised time with minors, to have no pornography, and to not use social media except for to work.
A week after his arrest, London-born Gatt, who has lived in the US for 18 years, took to Twitter to vehemently deny the allegations.
“I obviously want to address the absolutely horrific and completely false allegations recently leveled against me,” he wrote. 'They are 100% categorically wrong and reckless.
“I am fully cooperating with the police and LAPD to get to the bottom of this matter,” he continued.
'I look forward to clearing my good name. Thank you to all my friends and supporters who know this is not true and understand that for legal reasons I cannot comment further on social media.'
His girlfriend, Mercy Malick, 51, also took to social media to slam the allegations, calling them “beyond insane.”
“Much love to everyone who has ever supported Joe and me,” she wrote. 'Those who know us obviously know that the accusations made against him are insane
One of Gatt's most high-profile roles was playing Thenn Warg in the popular HBO series Game Of Thrones.
His character was a member of the Thenn, a tribe of Free Folk known for their practices of ritual self-healing and cannibalism.
After appearing in several episodes of the fourth season in 2014, his character was killed in the Battle of Castle Black.
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