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Matthew Prokop Indicted on Child Pornography, Other Felony
Disney alum Matthew Prokop has been indicted on possessing alleged child pornography and violating a protective order four months after his arrest, Us Weekly can confirm.
Prokop, 35, was indicted on March 19 in Texas on one first degree felony count of possession of child pornography and he pleaded not guilty on March 24, according to court documents obtained by Us.
According to the filing in December 2025, the County of Victoria in Texas discovered that Prokop was allegedly in possession of “visual material” which contained “50 or more visual depictions of a child who were younger than 18 years of age at the time that the images of the children were made.”
Per records, the images were graphic in nature, with some depicting the children “engaging in sexual conduct, namely sexual contact.”
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The former Disney star was also indicted on one count of “violating bond/protective order” two or more times within the last 12 months, which is a third degree felony, per the filing.
Prokop allegedly violated a protective order with a woman identified in court records as Lucy had in place “two or more times” in December 2025.
According to the docs, Prokop allegedly communicated with her “in [a] threatening or harassing manner, namely by telling her in person that he was going to kill her” on December 21, 2025, per the court paperwork.
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Three days later, he allegedly contacted the woman again, and sent her “sexually explicit pictures, picture[s] of the hotel she was staying at and continuous text messaging and calling after she asked him to stop,” per the report.
Us Weekly has reached out to Prokop’s attorney for comment.
Us previously confirmed that Prokop was arrested in May 2024 for an alleged assault on Lucy in his hometown of Victoria, Texas. According to police, Lucy claimed Prokop shoved her and slammed her head into something.
Prokop allegedly threatened to “smash [her] skull in” with an eyewitness telling the Daily Mail, “His friends and Lucy’s friends all saw him throw Lucy to the ground, shove her around and then when they saw the hammer come up, that’s when they had enough.”
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Prokop was booked at the time on charges of aggravated assault with a weapon and resisting arrest. He bonded out on the two charges.
According to the March indictment, Lucy was granted a protective order against Prokop in May 2024, which he allegedly violated.
TMZ previously reported that Prokop was arrested and taken into custody in December 2025 after violating his 2024 bond. He was charged with one count of a violation of bond, two counts of resisting arrest, search or transportation, one count of evading arrest or detention and a second-degree felony count of possession of child pornography.
Prior to his alleged assault case with Lucy, Prokop was accused of abusing his ex-girlfriend, actress Sarah Hyland, during their five-year relationship.
Us confirmed that Hyland, who starred opposite Prokop in Disney’s Geek Charming, was granted a domestic violence temporary restraining order against the actor in September 2014. She alleged that Prokop once choked her after pining her against a car during an argument.
“His grip was so tight that I could not breathe or speak. I was scared and in fear for my life,” she claimed in the court filing. Hyland, 35, also alleged that Prokop threatened to burn down her house after she broke up with him and “relentlessly bombarded [her] with vile, threatening and emotionally disturbing texts and voicemails including his own suicide threats.”
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support.
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