Family Matters star Darius McCrary has been released from prison two months after being arrested near the US-Mexico border.
The American actor, 49, entered a no-contest plea to felony charges and was released on Monday, Dec. 8, according to jail records from Oakland County in Michigan.
This follows his October “fugitive arrest” at the U.S.-Mexico border on an out-of-state felony warrant.
The actor was arrested on Oct. 5 by the United States Border Patrol for an out-of-state felony warrant. Prosecutors later argued he was a flight risk, with a judge agreeing, per ABC10 News.
The warrant was issued after he missed a court appearance for alleged unpaid child support. His public defender said he was in Tijuana to work with a charity building houses.
McCrary’s lawyer, Paulette Loftin, also confirmed the news of his release to TMZ, adding that his “fight for justice and truth has been painted as an attempt to shirk his responsibilities to his child.”
“The resolution reached today makes it clear that family does matter and that it always has,” she said. “This resolution allows Mr. McCrary to correct the misleading narrative and put this matter behind him.”
McCrary’s representative, Ann Barlow, confirmed the report that he pleaded no contest to five felony charges and is set to return to court for sentencing in February 2026.
McCrary is best known for his role as Eddie Winslow on the hit ’90s sitcom Family Matters, which he starred in from 1989 to 1998 alongside on-screen parents Reginald VelJohnson and Jo Marie Payton.
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