History Main / RoleEndingMisdemeanor

* Supermodel Kate Moss was dropped from several advertising campaigns that she was the face of after a video surfaced of her using cocaine.

* After RussellBrand and Jonathan Ross left offensive messages on the answer phone of [[FawltyTowers Andrew "Manuel" Sachs]] as part of a show on BBC Radio 2, the BBC faced so much pressure to sack them that Brand resigned from the show on his own. Ross later terminated his contract with the BBC amid speculation that he was about to have it ended for him, due to the Sachs incident and other controversies including complaints about a homophobic joke on his radio sow.

* According to rumors, demands of a higher salary from Yuki Judai's voice actor halfway through the production of ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}'' season 4 forced him to be axed and the entire season being cut in half. It's less surprising when you figure that Judai was becoming [[SpotlightStealingSquad way too overfocused in the anime]], enough so that a raise demand wasn't out of the question.

* This happened to ''David Niven'', of all people. At some point in the 1930s he was carrying on a torrid affair with Merle Oberon. During this time he accompanied Oberon on a rail trip from New York City to Los Angeles, spending the entire trip doing exactly what you're thinking [[IncrediblyLamePun in Oberon's private carriage]]. The only problem was that the US had a law at the time called the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann_Act Mann Act]]'', which forbade the interstate transport of women for "immoral purposes". Although the law was originally intended to simplify the prosecution of pimps and pedophiles, in practice it was often used maliciously against "undesirables" such as interracial couples, foreigners, or those naughty, nasty movie stars. (Oberon and Niven would have fit all three categories.) Niven later wrote that he found himself having to go to ground for a while to avoid prosecution, and lost at least half a dozen parts over the kerfluffle. Note that this was a consensual relationship between two unmarried adults, and that Oberon's career was also tarnished, although she was never targeted by the police (and, as Niven had asked, refused to speak to them).

* Shannen Doherty's character on ''{{Charmed}}'' being killed off. Heavily rumoured to have been done at the request of her co-star Alyssa Milano, as it was well known that they hated each other.

* The character of Dennis "Dirty Den" Watts on ''EastEnders'' was KilledOffForReal (again) when actor Leslie Grantham was caught having cybersex with an undercover reporter via a webcam. Jessie Wallace (Kat Slater) and Robert Kazinsky (Sean Slater) have also been suspended from the show for drunken behaviour, but were later allowed to return.

** Then there is Melissa Suffield aka Lucy Beale who got sacked after being caught going into London Nightclubs underage and getting unruly drunk, her rather colourful social network sites might also have had something to do with it.

* Initially, many fans of ''{{Lost}}'' have blamed the deaths of Ana-Lucia, Libby, and Eko on their actors' arrests for traffic-related offences. [[WordOfGod Official sources]] report that all were marked for death before the actors' arrests, and the actor playing Eko asked to leave the show himself for other reasons. By now, the majority of fans believe the official account.

* Glenn Quinn was removed from ''{{Angel}}'' earlier than intended because of fears that his drug habit would rub off on David Boreanaz. He died from a heroin overdose three years afterwards. They really had bad luck, since the character was originally meant to be Whistler from ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'', but that actor also had drug problems.

* Angus Deayton was presenter of ''HaveIGotNewsForYou'' until lurid tales of drugs and [[HoneyTrap disguised prostititutes]] came to light. He was mocked relentlessly on the show, then booted out.

*** And yet one more rumour that it was Harry Kim who was marked for death because of Garrett Wang's supposed "partying" behaviour, but when he got on People's list of the most beautiful people in the world they eliminated Kes instead. This one has some evidence for it, since the season cliffhanger had Harry critically ill from some kind of infection. (The more popular rumour is that the producers were going to get rid of Kes ''and'' Harry Kim but decided to keep Kim because of the ''People'' article, which might have been the result of campaigning by his agent.)

* Allegedly happened twice in ''HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''. First Brody was allegedly written out because Max Perlich had drug and arrest issues. Then, more controversially, it's been rumoured that Howard was dropped because of press stories about unpleasant events involving Melissa Leo and her then ex-partner, despite the fact that she was most likely the victimised party in the situation.

* Alastair Stewart, British newsreader and host of documentary series ''PoliceCameraAction'' had his contract terminated in 2003 for a drink-driving offence (his second one, he'd referred to it previously in a November 1994 episode, the show's ''second episode'') and was relegated to intro and outros in the [[ContinuityReboot Reboot]]ed version of it, which was now presented by Alastair Stewart and Adrian Simpson, as of September 2007. Surprisingly, he was allowed to present the special edition episode ''Ultimate Pursuits'' in September 2007. YourMileageMayVary on the severity of this compared to the Gary Dourdan incident mentioned at the beginning of this section.

** Those two specific incidents happened after he'd been fired. Their slipping popularity, financial stresses and creative dead end had more to do with Ozzy leaving than his behaviour did (though it was still very erratic and eccentric it encroached on his home life more than his professional life).
* Tripp Eisen of {{Static-X}} was fired after two counts of statutory rape, the first of which he was arrested and released on bail after a few hours in custody. The second occured a few weeks later, after he was arrested for having sex with a 13 year old by grooming a her on the internet for three months while posing as a Static-X fan. He was fired as soon as the band heard about it. More like a Role Ending Felony.
* Being arrested for possession of cocaine is a big part of why Steven Page left Barenaked Ladies in 2009. Having it happen right before the band was about to play music from their kid's album at several Disney Music Block Party concerts certainly did not help things. (The band cancelled the appearances because of this incident).

*** He was later Arrested for possesion with intent to distribute (Based solely on the amount of Painkillers, not the actual types of drugs) within a month of his contract expiring

** However, take in mind that weeks earlier, Serena helped save CMPunk from Kane's wrath by the showing the only thing thaat would help clear his name: footage of her relapse. It just was legitimate this time.

* Chat show host Robert Kilroy-Silk was fired by the BBC after penning a column in a tabloid newspaper which contained - to be as objective as possible here - wilfully abusive remarks about Arabic people in general, whereupon he decided to stand for Parliament instead.
* During part of the 1970s, the main movie reviewer for a newspaper in Nebraska was running a "teen reviewer" program. Kids/young teens would sign up with the paper to be taken to a movie by the reviewer, and would then write a review of it for publication. Then that reviewer was arrested for pedophilia, and the whole "teen reviewer" operation vanished at lightspeed.

* Leslie Grantham aka Den Watts from ''{{Eastenders}}'' and his cybersex scandal involving using the BBC dressing room and their internet connection to show his nakedness to a woman over webcam, not to mention badmouthing all his colleges while he was it. Then there is Melissa Suffield aka Lucy Beale who got sacked after being caught going into London Nightclubs underage and getting unruly drunk, her rather colourful social network sites might also have had something to do with it.

* Leslie Grantham aka Den Watts from 'Eastenders' and his cybersex scandal involving using the BBC dressing room and their internet connection to show his nakedness to a woman over webcam, not to mention badmouthing all his colleges while he was it. Then there is Melissa Suffield aka Lucy Beale who got sacked after being caught going into London Nightclubs underage and getting unruly drunk, her rather colourful social network sites might also have had something to do with it.

* Carl Anthony Payne was allegedly fired for [[DisproportionateRetribution refusing to cut his hair]].

* Tripp Eisen of {{Static-X}} was fired after two counts of statutory rape, the first of which he was arrested and released on bail after a few hours in custody. The second occured a few weeks later, after he was arrested for having sex with a 13 year old by grooming a her on the internet for three months while posing as a Static-X fan. He was fired as soon as the band heard about. More like a Role Ending Felony.

* Tripp Eisen of {{Static-X}} was fired after two counts of statutory rape, the first of which he was arrested and released on bail after a few hours in custody. The second occured a few weeks, after he was arrested for having sex with a 13 year old by grooming a her on the internet for three months while posing as a Static-X fan. He was fired as soon as the band heard about. More like a Role Ending Felony.

* {{Zoey 101}}

** The real problem was that he was bad-mouthing his cast-members to his cybersex partner, which made him rather unpopular on set. And it wasn't just with an undercover reporter - one of the quotes from the affair was mocked on HaveIGotNewsForYou as a masterpiece of hypocrisy - his partner accused him of doing "some disgusting things on that webcam"... but didn't break off the relationship for several months, at which point they went to the papers.

* Yancy Butler had to leave [[Series/{{Witchblade}} ''Witchblade'']] because of her fondness for spirits, and since she played Det. Sara Pezzini, that meant the show was doomed, too.
* While it had already ended production ''PeeWeesPlayhouse'' had its reruns cut short by CBS, thanks to Paul Reubens' indecent exposure. Kinda hard to reconcile that fact with Pee Wee Herman, [[IAmNotSpock no matter the protests]] [[ContractualPurity to the contrary]].

** Grace Lee Whitney was fired after she was raped by a studio executive. This wasn't so much a role ending misdemeanor as an example of the complete and total misogyny of 1960s Hollywood.

** Ironically, Max Perlich played Whistler from the above ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' example, and was not carried over to AngeltheSeries because of his issues.
* By some accounts, Lindsay Lohan's stint on ''UglyBetty'' was cut short due to outrageous diva behavior on her part. Other sources claim it was due to CreativeDifferences (if this is true, we might presume Lohan was upset that her character was set up as a FallenPrincess only to be turned into a bitch for no reason).

* Rebecca Gayheart's involvement in a 2001 vehicular manslaughter may have contributed to her departure from ''Dead Like Me'' after 5 episodes. In that series she played the role of a 'Grim Reaper' helping the dead pass on to the afterlife.

* The most recent example: Serena, of CMPunk's [[SmugStraightEdge Straight Edge Society]], was let go for excessive partying and drinking in public. So not only was she becoming a detriment to WWE's image and acting unprofessionally, she was contradicting the character she played.

** To elaborate, the movie (Valley of The Wolves: Iraq) drew heaps of criticism for portraying United States soldiers as {{Complete Monster}}s and was called "anti-America" by many critics. Most American actors in the movie faced backlash for appearing in such a movie.

* {{Zoe 101}}

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**** Bluntly put, what he did right was bring in crowds, as he is an epic piece of EstrogenBaitBrigade. Some were very relieved when he was released from the WWE not because of his poor workmanship (which was poor and increasingly declining) but because their ears would no longer bleed from the high-pitched screaming every time he showed up.

** Of special note here is Jeff Hardy, who originally lost his job in WWE due to his drug abuse...and was immediately snapped up by {{TNA}}. He then lost his job with TNA due to his drug abuse...and was immediately snapped up by WWE. He is now on his final Wellness Policy "strike" with them. Some people never learn.

* After Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross left offensive messages on the answer phone of [[FawltyTowers Andrew "Manuel" Sachs]] as part of a show on BBC Radio 2, the BBC faced so much pressure to sack them that Brand resigned from the show on his own. Ross later terminated his contract with the BBC amid speculation that he was about to have it ended for him, due to the Sachs incident and other controversies including complaints about a homophobic joke on his radio sow.