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In a time as bleak as the author described, getting arrested for having intimate relationships with men in restrooms most certainly wouldn't go well with one's reputation—especially for someone like Maharis.
On November 21, 1974 actor George Maharis and hairstylist Perfecto Telles were arrested on sexual perversion charges for having sex in the restroom of a Los Angeles gas station.
Mr. Maharis was arrested in 1967 on charges of “lewd conduct” and in 1974 on charges of “sex perversion” for cruising in men’s bathrooms.
Mr. Maharis was arrested in 1967 on charges of "lewd conduct" and in 1974 on charges of "sex perversion" for cruising in men's bathrooms. The Times adds that Ms. Blocher attributed Mr. Maharis's departure to a number of factors.
Maharis had a difficult time being his gay self, being obliged, as all actors were at that time, to stay in the closet. Arrested twice for having sex with men in restrooms (1967 and 1974), Maharis still managed to secure work up until 1993.
The typical men's room arrest involved cops hiding in an adjacent room where they could watch the activities. But the California Court of Appeals ruled in 1962 that people have a reasonable expectation of privacy when they're inside a toilet stall, so any evidence gathered by cops secretly peeping in on them is unlawful search and seizure, and ...
In 1974 Maharis made headlines when he was arrested and charged with the commission of a lewd act after being caught having sex with Perfecto Telles, a 33-year old hairdresser, in the men’s room of a Los Angeles gas station.
Maharis was arrested in 1967 on charges of lewd conduct, and in 1974 on charges of sex perversion for using men's bathrooms as venues to cruise for sex. [38] However, both charges were later dismissed, and he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor offenses of disturbing the peace in 1967, and trespassing in 1975.
[1] "George Maharis Arrested in Men's Room", Gay Scene, December 1974: "Famous Hollywood actor George Maharis was arrested November 21 and charged with committing a sex act with a hairdresser in the men's room of a gas station in Los Angeles...
George Maharis plead guilty for a Hollywood lewd conduct arrest on 15 December 1967 with a male. Maharis blamed this incident for damaging his career.