ORLANDO BROWN FOUND

Orlando Brown of TV's That's So Raven has turned up, saying he simply "needed to be alone."



The actor was reported as missing today after he left his manager's house around 10:20 a.m. Tuesday to make a quick trip to 7-Eleven and had not been seen until Wednesday night. According to Brown's publicist, Elayne Rivers, he had a full day of meetings and appointments in preparation for a photo shoot Wednesday.

His publicist has denied that the disappearance was a publicity stunt. "It was not a hoax," the rep says.

In a statement, Brown, 20, thanked fans for their support and apologized for not informing anyone of his whereabouts for over 24 hours.

Brown said he dropped out of sight after a problem last week involving a scheduled performance at Club Tattoo in Los Angeles. After he incident, the statement said, he "felt a little lost and needed to get away." "It got a bit overwhelming and I needed to be alone," he said.