Tilden was arrested in November 1946 on Sunset Boulevard by the Beverly Hills police and charged with a misdemeanor ("contributing to the delinquency of a minor") for soliciting an underage male, a 14-year-old boy with whom he was having sex in a moving vehicle.
Tilden foi arrestado en novembro de 1946 en Sunset Boulevard pola policía de Beverly Hills e acusado dun delito ("contribuír á delincuencia dun menor ") por prostituír un rapaz de catorce anos co que tivera sexo nun vehículo en marcha.