Tatum O’Neal was arresting in New York on Sunday evening in a drug sting. She was buying crack cocaine from a drug dealer on the Lower East Side of Manhattan at 7:30 p.m. on June 1, 2008 when she was nabbed by police. She was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance.
O’Neal is the daughter of actor Ryan O’Neal and was married to tennis star John McEnroe. The couple have three children. Actress Farrah Fawcett, currently battling cancer, has been in a committed relationship with Ryan O’Neal since 1982. Tatum lived with the couple while growing up.
O’Neal won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 10 for her role in the movie Paper Moon. She wrote a tell-all memoir in 2004 about being abused and neglected as a child and her lifelong struggles with sobriety.
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