GLEE Star Mark Salling Dead At 35 Of Apparent Suicide By Hanging

Mark Salling

GLEE star Mark Salling, who recently plead guilty to possession of child pornography was found dead in a baseball field near his home, according to TMZ.

Police say it appeared he had been dead for some time.

A family member went to a Los Angeles Police Department station at 3AM reporting Salling as missing.

The 35-year-old actor was awaiting sentencing in March. He was expected to receive 4-7 years in prison. Prosecutors had shared that he had over 50,000 photos of prepubescent children on his computer.

In August, TMZ reported that Salling had cut his wrists in an apparent suicide attempt.

Former GLEE Star Mark Salling Agrees To Plead Guilty To Child Pornography Charges

(image via Flickr - Kristin Dos Santos)

Former GLEE star Mark Salling is facing 48 to 84 months in prison after agreeing to plead guilty on charges of possession of child pornography.

From Billboard:

Under the plea deal, Salling will register as a sex offender and participate in counseling or psychiatric treatment.

Salling admitted to using the Internet over several months in 2015 to download thousands of images of child pornography. Investigators executed a search warrant on Dec. 26, 2015 and found about 25,000 still images and 600 videos of child pornography and 29,000 images of child erotica.

Salling will pay $50,000 to each victim seeking restitution and also agreed not to have any communication with any person under the age of 18 unless the legal guardian is present or has been notified of this conviction. (This doesn't include waiters, cashiers or other vendors that he'd encounter in public.)

Under the plea agreement, prosecutors are recommending a sentence of 48 to 84 months imprisonment followed by 20 years of supervised release and a fine in an amount to be determined by the court.

GLEE Star Mark Salling Arrested For Possessing Child Pornography

Mark Salling, former star of the FOX series “Glee,” has been arrested for possessing child pornography according to TMZ.

We’re told the LAPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force obtained a warrant and served it Tuesday morning, as first reported by the TV show “Crime Watch Daily.”

We’re told cops searched Salling’s computer at his Sunland home and found hundreds of images.

At the time of this post, Salling is being taken to the police station for booking. Our sources say an ex-girlfriend of Salling’s tipped off cops and they investigated before the raid to make sure it wasn’t a revenge allegation.

TMZ updated their post saying over 1,000 images of "child sexual exploitation" were found on Salling's computer in his home.