Lost actor, 51, marries 16-year-old

Lost actor Doug Hutchison, 51, has created a wave of controversy by announcing he has married a 16-year-old aspiring country singer.

The actor from the popular TV series wed Courtney Alexis Stodden in Las Vegas last month, according to a statement the couple sent to E! News.

"We're aware that our vast age difference is extremely controversial," the pair said.

"But we're very much in love and want to get the message out there that true love can be ageless."

It is legal for people aged 16 to marry in Las Vegas provided they have the consent of their parents.

Hutchison played DHARMA initiative head Horace Goodspeed in Lost, as well as masochistic guard Percy in The Green Mile.

His wife, a former beauty pageant queen who is trying to launch a singing career, is signed to Hutchison's production company, according to reports.

ninemsn.com.au 21 Jul 2011

A segment that has been neglected, but an all too common site of marriage to get something out of the other person rather than marriage for love.

A great career move, and one for the file of an Occupational Whore.