What charges is Matt Prokop facing? 'High School Musical 3' star booked for child pornography possession

Matt Prokop, known for his roles in High School Musical 3 and Geek Charming, was arrested in Victoria County, Texas, on Dec. 24, 2025, for child pornography and multiple misdemeanor charges.

In a report by People on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, the 35-year-old Disney alum is facing one count of second-degree felony possession of child pornography, and a total of four misdemeanor charges: one count of violation of bond, one count of evading detention, and two counts of resisting search, arrest, or transportation.

Besides his big break in High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Matt Prokop popped up in a few other films — Furry Vengeance in 2010 with Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields, and then Cougar Hunting in 2011, where he acted with Randy Wayne and Jillian Murray.

In 2009, he joined Cheryl Hines and Megan Mullally in In the Motherhood. Matt Prokop didn't just stick to movies, either. Prokop showed up as a guest on Modern Family in season 3, Hannah Montana in its first season, and even had a spot in season 6 of Medium.

His last TV series appearance was in a 2013 episode of Perception. As of writing, the former Disney star remains at the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office Jail.

Sarah Hyland spoke out on Matt Prokop's domestic abuse: "It stays in that abused place of your soul"

Recalling, Matt Prokop received accusations of domestic violence from his former girlfriend, Sarah Hyland, with whom he also co-starred in Geek Charming.

The actor also faced a temporary restraining order from the Modern Family actress in 2014 after he allegedly choked her and threatened to set her house on fire when she broke up with him. They were together for five years.

Sarah Hyland was then granted protection by the Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Andrea Thompson. A hearing was also scheduled, but Matt Prokop didn't contest the order, per a report by Page Six.

In 2024, ten years after the domestic abuse allegations, Sarah Hyland opened up about her experience as a survivor of domestic violence with Variety, explaining why it was important to speak out on such matters.

"For thousands of years now, we didn't talk about it. The community hasn't shared enough, I believe. And I feel that if we talk about it more, more women — and men and just human beings in general in abusive relationships — will feel more comfortable to be able to talk about it with their loved ones instead of letting their abuser isolate them from everyone, which is the first thing that they do, so that you don't have that community."

At the time, Hyland was named as the recipient of the media organization's first-ever Courage Award. During her speech, she went on to confess that she had PTSD from the experience and that it has a long-term effect on the survivors.

She continued:

"[It stays] in that abused place of your soul, where you think it's your fault the whole time, and you could have done better, you could have gotten out sooner, you could have told people. I completely understand the dissociation pattern of it. I am very much guilty about it myself… until something happens where I'm triggered, and I didn't realize that part of myself had been healed."

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The See You in Valhalla star concluded:

"I don’t know if that part [of] any woman will ever be fully healed from that. It's something that kind of scars her soul a little bit. It's more so putting love towards that scar instead of hating it and ignoring it."

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