Yellowstone actress Q’Orianka Kilcher charged with disability payment fraud

Q’orianka Kilcher arrives at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2018 in Los Angeles (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Yellowstone actress Q’Orianka Kilcher has been charged with illegally collecting nearly 97,000 US dollars in disability benefits while working on the TV show, authorities announced.

Kilcher, 32, of North Hollywood, is charged with two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud, according to a statement from the California Department of Insurance.