Soap opera star Corey Sligh has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of child molestation.

The charges against the former The Young And The Restless star stem from two prior arrests in Georgia and Florida late last year, both over allegations made by an 8-year-old female family member.

Sligh allegedly made the girl 'touch his penis with her hand' according to the federal charging documents, reported TMZ.

Child molestation charges at the federal level are relatively rare, typically only coming when offenses take place across multiple states.

Legal troubles: Corey Sligh was arrested in November (mugshot left, October mugshot right) by Walton County Sheriff's deputies after being accused of molesting a young girl

Sligh was arrested on state child molestation charges in Georgia in October and again in Florida in November, cases that are believed to have led to the federal charges.

The actor, who landed a role as a featured extra on the soap The Young & the Restless back in 2014, is denying the claims made in both cases.

Both arrests stemmed from allegations made by the same 8-year-old female family member.

The first arrest came on October 14 in Cherokee County Georgia.

The young girl and her mother told authorities in Georgia that Sligh had molested her, claiming he touched her last Easter.

The girl said that Sligh touched her other times as well between April 1 and September 24, the day that the family first contacted Georgia police.

Sligh was then arrested for the first time, at which time he tried to defend himself against the horrifying claims being made by his family.

'During the interview Corey stated his penis was "grabbed" by [redacted] but he was not trying to "get off" or do anything sexual,' reads the affidavit.

It goes on to state that Sligh then 'confirmed the specific details of the incident and interaction between himself [and the alleged victim].'

He was released that day on a bond of $22,000, with his interview being both recorded and filmed at the station that day.

Horrific: The 8-year-old child, who is related to Sligh, claims that he assaulted her at Easter, and then again in June on a family trip to Rosemary Beach

About a month later, in November, Sligh was arrested by deputies from the Walton County Sheriff's Office in Florida after the young relative told authorities that he molested her on a family vacation over the summer.

The 8-year-old girl claims that she was sleeping in her bed while on a week-long trip to Rosemary Beach with her family at the end of June when Sligh snuck into her room and began to touch her vagina.

She also said that Sligh, 29, grabbed her hand at one point as well and made her touch his penis.

The report filed by police in Walton County reveals that authorities were first alerted about the alleged sexual battery back in September.

The mother of the victim told police that she 'asked her daughter if anybody has ever touched her in her "privates" after she detected a shift in her child's behavior, at which point the girl told her about the alleged assault.

The child told her mother, and later police, that she had been trying to sleep when Sligh made his way into her room and got in bed with her.

'She stated to [redacted] that he grabbed her hand and tried to touch his penis with her hand but she snatched her hand away,' claims the report.

'He then pulled her panties down and proceeded to touch her in the vaginal area then started rubbing his penis on her vagina.'

Sligh turned himself into police after learning there was a warrant out for his arrest, and was allowed to walk free soon after on a $99,000 bond.

Difficult times: Sligh was brutally beaten two years ago by a group of men while at a Los Angeles Rite Aid on Thanksgiving (above in hospital)

Sligh's legal trouble comes two years after he was run down and brutally beaten in a Rite Aid parking lot while out in Los Angeles.

The fight started after Sligh asked the men to be careful while they were in their cars pulling donuts outside the pharmacy, a comment that resulted in the group driving up to the actor and viciously attacking him as his girlfriend looked on.