O’Neal in 2004: Drugs were always around me
(CNN) — Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O’Neal was arrested Sunday allegedly after buying crack cocaine in New York, police said.
The 44-year-old actress, who penned a 2004 memoir about her long road to sobriety, was arrested after being seen making a purchase from a drug dealer, police said.
Investigators charged her with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.
In 2004, O’Neal appeared on CNN’s Larry King Live to talk about her book, A Paper Life. O’Neal, who won the best supporting actress Oscar for Paper Moon at age 10, is the daughter of actor Ryan O’Neal and the late Joanna Moore. She’s the ex-wife of John McEnroe, with whom she shares three children.
Larry King: How did the drug thing start?
Tatum O’Neal: I think it probably started back sometime in the ’70s.
King: When you were how old?
O’Neal: I just don’t remember exactly. It was just always around.
King: Your father was a part of that, too?
