VIDEO: Michael Douglas In Court As Son Sentenced to 5 Years
Posted on Apr 20, 2010 @ 01:02PM
Michael Douglas appeared in Manhattan court on Tuesday afternoon to watch his son being sentenced, RadarOnline.com has confirmed.
A New York judge today sentenced Cameron Douglas to 5 years in prison after he admitted to dealing large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine from the city’s swanky Hotel Gansevoort. Michael’s Ex-Wife Diandra was also in court.
Judge Richard Berman handed out the lesser sentence after reading letters appealing for leniency from the former DJ’s famous father Michael Douglas, his grandfather Kirk Douglas, and his step-mom Welsh star Catherine Zeta Jones.
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Cameron Douglas was arrested in July 2009 at the Manhattan hotel. He has admitted dealing methamphetamine and cocaine - the 31-year-old pleaded guilty in January to a drug charge that usually carries a mandatory 10 years in prison.
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Michael Douglas' letter to the judge talked about a family history of drug and alcohol problems and "the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father."
Jail has done wonders for Cameron Douglas, his famous dad, Michael, wrote in his heartfelt letter to the Judge Berman.
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“For the past eight months, I have cherished my two hours a week in person conversation with Cameron at the MCC [Metropolitan Correctional Center]. He's sober!” Douglas wrote to Judge Richard Berman.
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“I get to witness the wonderful young man he can be - he maintains his spirit, blames no one but himself, and recognizes his criminal activity began with his heroin use,” the Wall Street star wrote.
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Michael loves his son and God knows being a parent is the hardest job you will ever do. I hope his boy straightens out..one can't control their kids choices. Drugs are crap.
Posted Wed, 04/21/2010 - 2:54pm
rich daddy pull some strings eh?
Posted Wed, 04/21/2010 - 8:46am
How many people's lives have been destroyed because of drugs? STOP buying then and stop selling them.....Drugs don't solve problems then cause them.
Posted Wed, 04/21/2010 - 5:54am
He'll probably end up in a prison farm and then into a halfway house. The sentence might have been fair but the conditions under which he will live are not. Hope I'm wrong because Cameron was a big time dealer.
Posted Tue, 04/20/2010 - 10:21pm
As has been noted, in the Federal Prison system he could have ONLY gotten that sentence by "cooperating" with the govt, ratting out bigger drug dealers. He HAS to do 85 percent of his sentence by federal law.
Posted Tue, 04/20/2010 - 10:10pm
Wow he got a light sentence! He will be out in less than 2 years for good behavior
Posted Tue, 04/20/2010 - 9:33pm
He got off light. He was dealing a lot of Meth & Coke. And he had one prior. He was arrested with 1/2 pound of Meth and he only got 5 yrs. He'll serve less than that
Posted Tue, 04/20/2010 - 8:29pm
The 5 years as opposed to the 10 year minimum means he cooperated in some way. Leniency is the federal prison system is only allowed when that occurs. If that's the case, whoever he gave up will probably be waiting for him when he gets out.
Posted Tue, 04/20/2010 - 6:53pm
It's hard to have any compassion for a drug dealer. Most of us make at least a small allowance for those hooked on drugs (to a point); but a dealer? Not so much.
Posted Tue, 04/20/2010 - 5:50pm
I HOPE ITS A FEDERAL PEN.
Posted Tue, 04/20/2010 - 5:20pm