this is the incredibly disturbing reason why Jeffrey Jones isn't in the new Beetle Juice renowned 80s actor Jeffrey Jones became a cultural icon after playing principal Edward Rooney in Ferris bu's day off two years later Tim Burton selected him to play Charles Deets in the 1988 Beetle Juice a role in which he once again excelled his wife in the film as played by Katherine O'Hara reprised her role in the recent Beetle Juice so why didn't Jones well jeffy's career took a dark turn in 2002 when was arrested for possession of CP and soliciting a 14-year-old boy to produce explicit images Jones photographed the child over an 8-month span paying him to pose undressed wearing a cowboy hat holding stuffed animals or dressed as a Native American Jones pleaded not guilty to the possession charge and no contest to the charge of soliciting a minor as his attorney argued that there was no allegation of improper physical contact Jones was sentenced to 5 years probation extensive counseling and the requirement to to register as a sex offender Jeffrey's absence in the new Beetle Juice film was addressed early on as his character's wife explains that Charles was in a plane crash and decapitated by a shark