Google his 1991 conviction and his 2002 scandal and plea conviction. The stage, TV, and movie character persona had its real life issues.
Created for the stage, Pee-wee with his white chunky loafers and red bow tie would become a cultural constant in both adult and children’s entertainment for much of the 1980s, though an indecent exposure arrest in 1991 for exposing himself at an adult movie theatre would send the character into entertainment exile for years.
in 2002 it got much worse with a second arrest and plea deal conviction. .…. Read on
https://ew.com/article/2002/11/18/paul-pee-wee-reubens-charged-kid-porn-probe/
the child pornography charges were dropped when he pleaded guilty to an obscenity charge in a plea deal.
https://www.today.com/popculture/paul-reubens-pleads-guilty-obscenity-charge-wbna4563512