Reality television show hired fake prosecutor in prank.

Comedian CHRIS ROCK, currently on tour in South Africa, was the target of a practical joke even more shocking than those made famous by ASHTON KUTCHER on the now canceled reality series "Punk'd," Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

An actor posing as a prosecutor was hired by a U.S.-based television show to appear in court and urge a judge to take Rock into custody after citing false allegations that the comedian had sex with a British minor, AFP said. "It was a hoax, it was for one of the U.S. reality television programs," said TLALI TLALI, a spokesman for South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority.

Word reached Rock that South African police might be trying to arrest him, so he quickly sought the help of lawyers to seek more information on the fake charges, Tlali said. Eventually the Johannesburg High Court ruled in Rock's favor and no legal action was initiated against him.

It was not known which show was behind the practical joke against the actor/comedian, who created The CW"'s series "Everybody Hates Chris."