Tatum O'Neal, who in December said Britney Spears needed to "get her disease of addiction together," was arrested in Manhattan's hip Lower East Side Sunday after buying crack from a homeless man.
A stunned O'Neal initially told cops she was "doing research for a part," a police source said. When cops searched her and found two bags of drugs - one with crack, one with regular cocaine - and an unused crack pipe, she changed her story, sources said.
"I've been clean for a long time," the teary-eyed actress pleaded as she asked cops to give her a break, sources said. "Today was the first time I was relapsing, but you guys saved me! Can you let me go?"
Alas, the cops could not let her go.
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CRIKEY!!!
Same Sh@% Different Day
A true pioneer in Child Moral Decay.
Seriously, it's a sad reminder that addiction sucks. I can't begin to understand what child stars, especially, go through during their tender years.
She's 44 years! Good lord woman, get your shit together already!
*old*
She never had a chance what w. her father being the d*ck that he was/is, his drug abuse, her mother's lack of interest in being a parent, etc. She's tragic.
I agree with "She's 44….". Come on. If you are an adult with financial resources and you have been clean for a while…there must be better choices that are available to you than going to the dreck part of town and buying crack from a pusher. She had crack, coke and a crack pipe on her and she said to the cop that this was her first time relapsing? I don't believe that for a second and I'm sure that the police hear that all the time.
She's a fool. And a junkie.
So she is really not much different from her character on Rescue Me? Darn there goes my faith in good acting.
give me a break, shes too old to be using the poor me bullshit, i still think shes stunning though, she has a different look than the norm hollywood girls
She won't get the Academy Award for this one.