The Tragic Fall of Jeffrey Jones & the Dark Side of Hollywood

[Music] Hollywood is no stranger to scandals but the impact can be insane when a beloved actor finds himself at the center of controversy today we're diving into the biggest Scandal involving Jeffrey Jones and the Fallout that has seen him cut from the highly anticipated sequel to Beetle juu hey everyone welcome back to my channel my name is Leah something and I am a commentary Channel and drama YouTuber if you are new here don't forget to hit that subscribe button and ring the notification Bell for all the updates from the world of YouTube today we're we're taking a closer look at Jeffrey Jones the actor known for his memorable roles in films like Ferris beeler's day off and Beetle Juice Jeffrey Jones has been a staple of Hollywood for decades bringing unique flare to every character he plays however his career has been over shadowed by serious criminal proceedings so what exactly happened let's break that down Jeffrey Jones has faced legal issues including a high-profile case in the early 2000s now according to this article written written by BBC News Jeffrey pla no contest to employing a 14-year-old boy to pose estu um for him in es explicit photos disgusting a year later in 2004 Jeffrey was also arrested for failing to register on the senders uh registry list um he was then requested to appear in 2005 in court again after failing to register on that said list um according to BBC News Jeffrey Jones was sentenced to 250 hours of community service for failing to update his data on the senders registry and was also given three years probation after pleading guilty to failing to register on the senders list I think um the production team for the for Beetle Juice 2 probably decided to part ways with Jones due to these Revelations now there's this interesting article that I wanted to show you guys that is very telling um from je Jeffrey Jones and his lawyer at the time they're very interesting quotes that come from um his attorney that it it's just very telling that I want to show you guys in this article um and the article is from Entertainment Weekly and it's written on it was published on July 9th 2003 um and it's titled Jeffrey Jones must register as an S offender the ferris buer star accused of lwd Photography pleads no contest to CP or kid corn case um and It Go the article continues Jerry Jones avoided a possible three-year prison term on Tuesday pleading no contest to charges stemming from his alleged hiring of a 14year old boy to post lwd snapshots a a Los Angeles judge sentenced the 56-year-old Ferris Beer's day off star to five years probation and ordered him to undergo counseling to be placed on a registry of s offenders for the rest of his life um we clearly know he failed in 2010 he failed to register on that list um so he had to do community 20 I think it was 50 days of community service uh because he failed to register on the list um but he has to register for Life Jones best known as a high school principal Ed Rooney and berer was targeted in the same 2001 kid corn probe that ALS o LED charges against fellow Tim Burton regular Paul rubben Ruben better known as PeeWee Herman so that's another Rabbit Hole I want to go down as well um and start looking into Paul R Paul uh rubben or or PeeWee Herman CU I didn't even I don't remember this about PeeWee Herman has played innocent to a misdemeanor count of um possessing child corn or CP after a year-long investigation prosecutors indicted Jones in late 2002 on a felony charge of using a minor for S act and misdemeanor count of possessing child corn um the possession charge was dropped Tuesday as part of the plea deal um so this like totally looks guilty because he took a plea deal um according to wire service reports Janes spoke outside the courthouse after the sentencing saying this concludes a really painful chapter in my life I'm sorry this incident H was allowed to occur yikes I mean I wouldn't be caught dead saying that this this is just disgusting such an event has never happened before and it will never happen again his his lawyer Leonard LaVine pointed out that Jones was never accused of unlawful sex or even touching the boy he called the accusations against Jones just a case about photographs like how insensitive is that that's just absolutely insanely insensitive and said he hopes at some point the public will forgive him and he can go on with his life and career it's just crazy and then that's the end of the article um and then there's this other one there's this additional article that reads um screenwriter Alfred grow explains to to Entertainment Weekly how stop motion animated flashback is straight from the directed the director's personal fear so it looks like they had uh used uh a special motion um to use uh some kind of graphic for uh some kind of scene for him specifically uh and uh I I don't want to read this article because um it shows uh it goes into a spoiler for the movie but it it definitely outlines uh uh Jeff Jones Jeffrey Jones's legal initial arrest on the legal proceedings um so laped detectives arrest actor uh Jeffrey Jones Los Angeles in November 2001 the Los Angeles Police Department Department LAPD received information from a minor who alleged criminal acts of s nature against 56-year-old uh Jeffrey Jones as a result of the allegations investigators secured and served a search warrant on Jones's residence in November 2001 seizing numerous items of evidence for several months DET detectives from from juvenile division's as exploited child unit conducted an extensive investigation into the allegations made against Jeffrey Jeffrey Jones as a as a result of the findings um of this investigation on November 13 2002 a warrant was issued for Jones's arrest for violation of penal code section 31.4 use of a minor to perform prohibited acts on November 14th 2001 Jones surrender to LAPD direct detectives and was booked on the warrant Jones was released on a $20,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on November 21st 2002 in division 30 of Criminal Courts Building uh and then the uh address to uh 210 West Temple Street Los Angeles the investigation is ongoing and the department is working closely with Los Angel with Los Angeles uh County District Attorney's office um so it sounds like they were definitely investigating him and um it seems like he was reported by the victim themselves the entertainment industry is susceptible to scandals especially involving actors Central to a beloved franchise like Beetlejuice for Beetlejuice 2 maintaining a positive Public Image was crucial and cutting ties with Jones was necessary to avoid contoversy what do you guys think about Jeffrey the Jeffrey Jones situation and the impact on Beetlejuice too um I think it was necessary to cut him loose I think it uh it was necessary to not have him in this movie I think it would be very inappropriate to not have him part of this movie I don't even think it's inappropriate for him to even be earning any kind of royalties from this movie I surely hope that he's not earning any kind of royalties from this movie um I know that there are people speculating um wondering if he's being paid under the table uh from this movie I surely hope that he's not uh but let me know what your thoughts and comments are in the comment section below um and if you enjoyed this video don't forget to like And subscribe and hit the uh hit the notification Bell for updates and thank you for watching this video we'll see you in the next video thank you so much [Music]