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Sex Offender Charged in Boy’s Molestation

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

A convicted sex offender temporarily working at Nickelodeon Animation Studios was charged Monday with molesting a 14-year-old boy who visited the studio, authorities said.

Ezell Channel, 36, of Tarzana was charged in Superior Court with child molestation and attempting to show a pornographic movie to a minor. He could face up to seven years in prison if convicted of both felonies, said the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

Channel’s bail was set at $500,000. His scheduled arraignment Monday was postponed to Jan. 6.

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