Former Porn Star, Pervert, Gives Flashing In UES Another Try: NYPD

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Looks like it wasn't a flash in the pan.

A registered sex offender and reported former porn star decided to dust off the old trench coat and get back to traumatizing young women, this time on the Upper East Side, according to police.

Kenneth Hoyt, 58, was wearing a long jacket when he exposed his genitals to a 27-year-old woman on the corner of East 83rd Street and First Avenue in January, police said.

Hoyt also stalked the young woman, constantly contacting her on social media and detailing her movements throughout the day, according to police.

The woman never suffered any injuries, police said.

🚨WANTED for STALKING:
Have you seen Kenneth Hoyt? Suspect is a registered sex offender who is wanted for stalking.

If you have any info or know his whereabouts, please call 1-800-577-TIPS, DM @NYPDTips, or visit: https://t.co/ZEp8CeM4fF.
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According to the New York State Sex Offender Registry, Hoyt currently has an Eastchester address in The Bronx.

An article from former local news titan DNAinfo details Hoyt's past convictions, including a 2017 incident where Hoyt was arrested by federal officials for flashing and groping woman on the subway, according to police at the time.

Since his first arrest came in 1984 when Hoyt was just 19 — for making harassing phone calls in California's Orange County — Hoyt has served prison time in three different states, the article reads.

His past arrests include molesting a 13-year-old girl, exposing himself in two different decades to various 16-year-old girls, hosting a 1991 juvenile strip-party in Las Vegas, and flashing numerous people on the subway.

Police and the State Sex Offenders Registry both describe Hoyt as five foot nine inches tall and weighing around 180 pounds, with long black hair.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).