Cameron Douglas to be sentenced next week
NEW YORK
The son of Michael Douglas is scheduled to be sentenced next
week after pleading guilty earlier this year to charges he peddled
large quantities of methamphetamine out of a trendy Manhattan
hotel.
The charges carry a minimum term of 10 years behind bars. But
lawyers for the admitted heroin addict argue he should get only 3
1/2 years.
His real-life drug drama in a Manhattan court laid bare the
details of a downward spiral, which friends blame on a toxic mix of
privilege, neglect and a family legacy of substance abuse.
Supporters of the son of an Academy Award-winning father who
once played a drug czar in the film "Traffic" hope that legacy
will spare him.
