Disney Channel star Matt Prokop arrested on child pornography charge

Former Disney Channel star Matt Prokop has been in arrested in Texas.

The 35-year-old actor is being held without bail at a jail in Victoria County following a Christmas Eve arrest, per TMZ and People.

The outlet reported on Friday that Prokop was initially booked for violating his bond conditions, as well as evading and resisting arrest.

According to local news station Crossroads Today, an additional charge for ‘possession or promotion of child pornography’ was tacked on after a warrant was signed on December 31.

The Daily Mail reached out to both Prokop’s rep and Victoria County Jail for comment.

Prokop was previously arrested in Texas, where he’s from, in May 2024 after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.

Former Disney Channel star Matt Prokop has been in arrested in Texas

The 35-year-old actor, who rose to fame as a child actor, is being held without bail at a jail in Victoria County following a Christmas Eve arrest

According to Victoria Police Department at the time, the pair was on a weekend outing when Prokop’s girlfriend allegedly told someone he assaulted her.

Officers responded to a disturbance in another area about an hour later, where they found Prokop and his girlfriend.

The woman sustained enough injuries to warrant an arrest, as the investigation found that Prokop allegedly pushed her and slammed her head into something.

Prokop reportedly tried to pull away from officers and run as they arrested him.

Prior to that, his ex-girlfriend and former Disney co-star Sarah Hyland, now 35, filed a restraining order against him.

The actors dated from 2008 to 2014, after meeting at an audition for High School Musical 3: Senior Year, in which he played Jimmie.

He appeared in a 2012 episode of Modern Family with the actress, as well as the movies Geek Charming (2011), Struck by Lightning (2012) and April Apocalypse (2013).

Prokop was also credited as a producer on her 2015 movie See You In Valhalla.

Prokop’s ex-girlfriend and former Disney co-star Sarah Hyland, now 35, filed a restraining order against him in August 2014; pictured in June 2014

Pictured with Hyland in the 2011 Disney rom-com Geek Charming

Hyland claimed that Prokop was verbally and physically abusive for four years of their relationship, until her Modern Family onscreen mother Julie Bowen stepped in and helped her end things.

In her legal filing she recounted an incident in which Prokop allegedly pinned her against a car and choked her.

‘His grip was so tight that I could not breathe or speak,’ Hyland said in the court documents. ‘I was scared and in fear for my life.’

After Prokop entered rehab in August 2014, someone from the institution called to warn her of his mental state when he was released, recommending she get a restraining order.

Hyland was granted a temporary restraining order that September, which became permanent a month later and required him to stay at least 300 feet away from her and her dog.