Attorney Says Decision Still Pending on Community Service by Actor Lowe

Attorneys for Rob Lowe said Monday that no decision has been made about whether the actor will perform 20 hours of community service by lecturing Los Angeles Unified School District high school students on drug abuse.

Meanwhile, students and school district officials said they were skeptical about the benefits of having the movie actor, who had faced charges that he sexually exploited a minor, address high school youths.

In a pretrial agreement last week with the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney’s office, Lowe proposed performing the community service to avoid prosecution on charges that he videotaped a 16-year-old girl performing a sex act in an Atlanta hotel room during the 1988 Democratic National Convention.

Lowe suggested that he speak out against drugs to high school students, possibly in Los Angeles, where the actor lives.

But Steven Westby, an Atlanta attorney for the 25-year-old heartthrob, said a final decision on possible community service will not be made until later this month.

Los Angeles school district officials said Monday that they had not been contacted by Lowe or his representatives.

“We’d have to find out exactly what the requirements (of the community service) are,” district spokeswoman Diana Munatones said.

But some Los Angeles high school principals were not enthusiastic about the idea.

“Oh, no, not at my school,” Pacific Palisades High School Principal Gerald Dodd said. “I don’t think I’d want him.” South Gate High Principal Raul Moreno said the actor’s presence on campus would be a “distraction.”