Nicholas Brendon’s 2021 Mugshot.Photo: TERRE HAUTE CITY POLICE DEPT
Actor Nicholas Brendon was arrested in Indiana last week after he allegedly used false information to obtain prescription drugs.
The formerBuffy the Vampire Slayerstar, 50, is charged with felony prescription fraud, jail records show. He was being held at the Vigo County Jail, but has since been released on his own recognizance.
The actor told police that Schultz was his brother,TMZreports. Brendon does have an identical twin brother, though his name is Kelly Donovan.
It’s unclear if Brendon has entered a plea on either charge at this time. His attorney, Christopher Eskew, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
When officers approached his vehicle, Brendon “appeared nervous due to a visibly racing pulse on his neck and shaking hands,” the report states, according toTMZ.
Upon searching his vehicle, officers found a pill bottle with a medication prescribed to “Nicholas Bender.” Another prescription for amphetamine salts was also found in the car, and was prescribed to Kelton Schultz,TMZreports.
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Police wrote in the affidavit that Brendon admitted to taking medication that was not prescribed to him, according to the outlet.
The Terre Haute Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Brendon was serving athree-year probation sentenceafter pleading guilty last year to misdemeanor domestic battery for allegedlyattacking his girlfriend in a California hotel room, theDesert Sunreported at the time.
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Brendon wasarrested four timesthat year and entered rehab that June for substance abuse, depression and alcoholism. In October 2015, hechecked in to another treatment centerfor depression.
source: people.com
