Filmmaker Arrested On Drug Charges......

[KiwiCoromandel]

Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone was arrested on drunken driving and drug charges at a police checkpoint in Beverly Hills, California, authorities said.

Stone, who won best director Oscars for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July, was released after posting US$15,000 bond, said Sargeant John Edmundson, a spokesman for the Beverly Hills police department.

Police arrested Stone, 58, on at a checkpoint on Sunset Boulevard near the border of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, he said.

Stone, driving a Mercedes, was one of nine arrests at the checkpoint set up as part of a statewide crackdown on drunken driving during the Memorial Day weekend.

Police would not release details of an intoxication test on Stone or the type of drugs in his possession.

A local court ordered Stone into a rehabilitation program after a 1999 arrest on driving while intoxicated and drug possession charges.

Stone's other films include Wall Street, JFK, Nixon, Natural Born Killers and the 2004 release Alexander.

Stone's agent did not immediately return a telephone call.

source:Reuters

[rainbowdemon]

That cop is probably still bragging about how he arrested Oliver Stone!!

[slum_goddess]

fuckin hell, one would think OS would know better than to DUI (unless he's being persecuted for the JFK &c things).

[method77]

I like him even more now

[slum_goddess]

me too (but you knew that already) :)

[DudeAsInCool]

(unless he's being persecuted for the JFK &c things).

Hard to believe that could happen. He's got a substance abuse problem...

[Wolfie]

Hard to believe that could happen. He's got a substance abuse problem...

True, but some cops also have a hard-on for busting famous people under circumstances that they have might left a regular Joe Blow off. The typical "my life is sh*t so I'll sh*t on yours" attitude.

[Redneck4sure]

True Wolfie but it also works the other way around. "Hey this guy is famous and I don't want the publicity or hassle so I will let them go."

or, "This guy is famous and probably knows important people. When he gets out of jail he will make my life Hell."

[Wolfie]

Yep, the problem is that both extremes contribute to the re-occurance of each other.

[Redneck4sure]

The solution is simple.

Kill them all.