DORAL, Fla. — Doral police arrested longtime Venezuelan telenovela actor Franklin Virgüez on Wednesday after accusing him of publicly masturbating at a country club in the city.
According to Doral police, officers responded to the parking lot outside Doral Park Country Club, located at 5001 NW 104th Ave., after receiving reports of an indecent exposure.
Responding officers spoke to the victim, who told them he saw a man, later identified as the 72-year-old Virgüez, sitting inside a gray Chevrolet Trax, masturbating with his penis fully exposed.
Police said the victim was concerned due to there being several children playing at the park’s nearby playground, so he entered the clubhouse and told employees, who “advised that they were unable to intervene and instructed him to contact law enforcement,” according to an arrest form.
The victim then returned to the parking lot and started recording the still-masturbating suspect, who took off after noticing he was being recorded, after which the victim contacted police and gave them the video, officers said.
It didn’t take long for authorities to track down Virgüez, whose full name is Franklin Jose Virgüez Dun.
According to police, Virgüez was taken into custody without incident outside his Doral home “and his pants were observed to have multiple stains on the front crotch area consistent with semen,” according to his arrest form.
Authorities said Virgüez refused to answer questions without his attorney present.
According to the Internet Movie Database, Virgüez has an extensive history of acting, beginning in 1976. He’s mainly starred in telenovelas and has also worked in films and on English language productions: his most recent credit was a role in the British television show “Atomic.”
As of Thursday afternoon, Virgüez was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on two counts of indecent exposure and was being held on a $5,000 bond.
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