Former ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Actor Charged With Possession Of Child Porn

Mandy @ Gone Hollywood | Wednesday, August 15, 2007

In sad story of irony, Albert Insinnia, who once played a lieutenant on NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, has been charged with possession of child pornography.

Insinnia turned himself into the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department in Wayne, Indiana on Monday and was released Tuesday on bail. He is charged with two counts of possession of child pornography after after authorities allegedly discovered 180 images of child pornography on the hard drive of the actor’s laptop computer.

Insinnia’s lawyer said,

“I understand what he’s been charged with, but I do have to say that based on my conversations with him and the authorities involved, I sincerely believe he’s not guilty.”

According to Portelli, the hard drive on Insinnia’s computer has been transferred various times in the last few years and a variety of people have had access to it.

“Any images that may have been on that computer are not his,” Joseph Portelli said, adding that there are no allegations that his client purchased or sold any of the images.

The sheriff’s department has not ruled out additional charges for Insinnia and its investigation is ongoing, sheriff’s spokesman Bill Maer said. “If you exploit a child in Passaic County, you will be hunted down and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Passaic County Sheriff Jerry Speziale said in a statement.

The investigation began after Insinnia took his computer to a Best Buy electronics store in West Paterson for repairs. A technician found the images, police said, and alerted a police detective working security at the store.

If you have porn on your hard drive, you might want to delete it before calling the Geek Squad.

Source: “‘Law and Order: SVU’ Actor Charged With Having Child Porn” WNBC; Photo: Die Alligatorpapiere, IMDB