--- title: Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton on Being Denied at Airport description: The British actor, was detained at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday for alleged cocaine possession. canonical: https://time.com/5003232/stranger-things-charlie-heaton-on-airport/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-30T22:12:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:22.076Z og:title: Stranger Things' Star Issues Statement After Being Denied Entry to the U.S. og:description: 'I am working to rectify it as soon as possible' og:url: https://time.com/5003232/stranger-things-charlie-heaton-on-airport/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67c0bd4f5f6d5ac9/6988e3c697cdff71d06b30cb/charlie-heaton-drugs-airport.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Charlie Heaton Stranger Things og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stranger Things' Star Issues Statement After Being Denied Entry to the U.S. twitter:description: 'I am working to rectify it as soon as possible' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67c0bd4f5f6d5ac9/6988e3c697cdff71d06b30cb/charlie-heaton-drugs-airport.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Stranger Things'_ Star Issues Statement After Being Denied Entry to the U.S. > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Juan Naharro Gimenez/WireImage) Juan Naharro Gimenez—WireImage by [Michele Corriston / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Michele Corriston / Entertainment Weekly Oct 30, 2017 10:12 PM UTC The British actor, who portrays Jonathan Byers on Netflix’s coming-of-age, sci-fi show_,_ was [detained](http://people.com/tv/charlie-heaton-denied-entry-in-us-alleged-cocaine-possession/) at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday for alleged cocaine possession. According to law enforcement, Heaton, 23, was sent back to the United Kingdom but not arrested. “My planned travel to the U.S. last week was affected by an issue at U.S. immigration, and I am working to rectify it as soon as possible,” he tells PEOPLE in an exclusive statement. “I do want to clarify that I was not arrested or charged with a crime, and cooperated fully with the U.S. officials at LAX. I’m sorry to all the fans and my _Stranger Things_ family for missing the premiere. We are all so proud of this season and I would never want this story to negatively impact the show.” _Stranger Things_ stars [Millie Bobby Brown](http://people.com/tag/millie-bobby-brown/), [Winona Ryder](http://people.com/tag/winona-ryder), Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, and Dacre Montgomery celebrated season 2 of the hit series — available for streaming now — in L.A. on Thursday night. “The first season was an homage to the ’80s, but this one is darker and more emotional,” Brown, 13, previously [told PEOPLE](http://people.com/tv/stranger-things-season-2-everything-to-know/). “And the last two episodes are like an epic blockbuster action movie.” _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/tv/2017/10/30/charlie-heaton-apologizes-alleged-drug-possession/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5003232/stranger-things-charlie-heaton-on-airport/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5003232/stranger-things-charlie-heaton-on-airport/"},"headline":"Stranger Things' Star Issues Statement After Being Denied Entry to the U.S.","datePublished":"2017-10-30T22:12:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:22.076Z","description":"\"I am working to rectify it as soon as possible”","url":"https://time.com/5003232/stranger-things-charlie-heaton-on-airport/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67c0bd4f5f6d5ac9/6988e3c697cdff71d06b30cb/charlie-heaton-drugs-airport.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michele Corriston / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67c0bd4f5f6d5ac9/6988e3c697cdff71d06b30cb/charlie-heaton-drugs-airport.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Charlie Heaton Stranger Things","caption":"Charlie Heaton Stranger Things","creditText":"Juan Naharro Gimenez—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5003232/stranger-things-charlie-heaton-on-airport/","name":"Stranger Things' Star Issues Statement After Being Denied Entry to the U.S."}}]}] ```