‘Home Alone’ actor Daniel Stern is in hot water after he was criminally charged for allegedly soliciting prostitution. According to the Daily Mail, the Ventura County District Attorney filed a misdemeanor charge against the 68-year-old. “Stern is scheduled to be arraigned at nine a.m. on Tuesday,” the outlet stated. Stern was allegedly cited at a hotel in Camarillo, California. Sounds like Daniel Stern didn't want to be home alone … because cops issued him a citation for allegedly trying to hire an escort. Read more: https://t.co/iHgOLuJKbt pic.twitter.com/hkGjd9fK8W — TMZ (@TMZ) January 10, 2026 TMZ has more: Daniel’s had a few notable incidents in Ventura County — about an hour northwest of Los Angeles — in recent months … as we first reported, he was rushed to the hospital back in October after the Ventura County Fire Department responded to a residence in Somis for a medical emergency. If the solicitation allegation is true, seems Daniel was trying to take the Wet and Sticky Bandit thing too far. We reached out to Daniel’s camp … so far, no word back. ‘Home Alone’ star Daniel Stern hospitalized for medical emergency: report https://t.co/Pi6Va8VXYq pic.twitter.com/OaaBV0N3ro — New York Post (@nypost) October 15, 2025 Stern did not have a mugshot taken. He was issued a ticket instead of being booked. Prosecutors expect Stern’s attorney to appear in his place inside the courtroom. Daily Mail shared further info: In December, Stern revealed he has left Hollywood behind and now lives on a farm and grows tangerines. Despite being a recognizable star of multiple Hollywood blockbusters, he now works as a cattle rancher, grows tangerines and works as a sculptor. Stern previously revealed he had to fight to get a raise for the Home Alone sequel. When the original 1990 Home Alone movie became a box office hit and a sequel was immediately greenlit, Stern previously recalled the studios approaching him with an offer of $600,000. In his memoir Home And Alone, the actor revealed the offer was double his salary from the first movie, but his co-stars had received multi-million starting offers. He said he asked Twentieth Century Fox for more money because Joe Pesci, who played his Wet Bandits sidekick Harry, was making around $2 to $3 million. He also wrote in his book that leading star Macaulay Culkin, now 43, got a sequel deal for $5 million plus 5 percent of the gross box office earnings. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York premiered in November 1992, two years after the first movie — which was almost canned before production even began — was released. Initially, Stern recalled producers taking six months just to make him the offer of $600,000, which he added was ‘double my original salary, but not quite the pot of gold I was hoping for.’