The Truth About The Arrest That Ruined Paul Reubens' Career

The detectives waited until Paul Reubens came out into the lobby after the film to arrest him on a misdemeanor charge of indecent exposure, according to Entertainment Weekly. He told them he was Pee-wee Herman and suggested he could do a benefit for the sheriff's office if they dropped the charges, which the detectives didn't

The detectives waited until Paul Reubens came out into the lobby after the film to arrest him on a misdemeanor charge of indecent exposure, according to Entertainment Weekly. He told them he was Pee-wee Herman and suggested he could do a benefit for the sheriff's office if they dropped the charges, which the detectives didn't go for. The officers took him to the county jail where he paid a $219 bond and they released him the same night, per the New York Daily News.

Reubens released a statement three days later through his publicist. "According to Paul, the facts as stated by the vice squad were totally untrue and he never exposed himself or engaged in any other improper activities," Richard Grant & Associates said in the statement (via The Record). The statement did nothing to stop the media frenzy and Reubens stayed out of sight while his case made its way through court.

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