‘One Tree Hill’ actor shows his ID Theft Skills by selling stolen social security numbers

January 15, 2010 – 3:29 pm

It sounds like a drama plot from a television show: a character, used to his high-frills lifestyle, gets wrapped up in the wrong crowd and eventually in over his head. Except this story wasn’t written by a member of the writer’s guild and it didn’t air during prime time TV. And while this story does star an actor, there are real world consequences that he’ll now have to face.

‘One Tree Hill’ actor Antwon Tanner, who plays “Skills” (a former basketball star turned coach), was sentenced to three months in prison and five month under home arrest after being found guilty of selling stolen social security numbers. Tanner was busted after tying to sell more than a dozen stolen social security numbers to an undercover agent for $10,000. Tanner’s attorney, Gregory Watts, said that the actor’s decision to sell the numbers was based on “stupidity” and said that Tanner had recently suffered many financial troubles in addition to having his million dollar house foreclosed on.

Tanner had no previous record, but prosecutors alleged that Tanner and others had been working on the social security number scheme since December of 2005.

There has been no statement from ‘One Tree Hill’ or its network, CW, about the status of Tanner’s character or whether he will continue to be cast in the show. It doesn’t look good for Tanner, however, as his character Skills had relocated from the deforested mount where the show is centered to California during this past season.

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