‘Child’s Play’ actor Ed Gale admits soliciting child for sex in sting operation

Actor Ed Gale, in 2012, participates in the Hollywood Show held at Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel & Convention Center in Burbank. “Child’s Play” actor Ed Gale admitted to Creep Catchers Unit that he was trying to meet a teenage boy for sex and he had engaged in sexually explicit online conversations with who he thought was a boy. The 59-year-old actor, who starred in the 1988 horror film “Child’s Play” and several follow-ups, was confronted last Friday by the San Diego-based child advocacy group, which ran a sting operation at Gale’s Hollywood apartment and released video from the encounter. “I’m admitting that and I’m sorry.” When reached Friday by The Times, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department said there is an active investigation relating to Gale but declined to provide further information. Two LAPD detectives are seen entering Gale’s apartment in the video, and CC Unit said law enforcement confiscated electronic devices but did not take Gale into custody because of the actor’s health.