Glee’s Mark Salling admits to possessing 50,000 porn images of kids as young as 3 years old

Mark Salling of musical comedy show Glee, has pleaded guilty of possessing child porn.

Former Glee actor Mark Salling has reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to possession of child pornography.

Prosecutors filed a plea agreement on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in which Mark Salling agrees to plead guilty to possession of child pornography in a case filed after investigators found more than 50,000 images of child porn on his laptop in December 2015. (AP)

The plea agreement filed Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles states the actor is admitting he possessed images of prepubescent children. The agreement states a search warrant found more than 50,000 images of child porn on Salling’s computer and a thumb drive. A report in Buzzfeed reads ‘some of the female victims were as young as 3 to 5 years old, federal prosecutors said.’

Mark Salling in a still from Glee.

Prosecutors and Salling have agreed to ask a judge to sentence the actor to a prison term between four to seven years. He will also be required to register as a sex offender, pay restitution and abide by restrictions on where he can live.

Salling’s attorney Michael Proctor did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

The actor played bad-boy Noah “Puck” Puckerman on the Fox musical dramedy.

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