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Michael Douglas’ son Cameron sentenced to 5 years in prison
by Neha Gupta - April 21, 2010 - comments
Douglas said that he loved his regular visits to his son at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan.
Oscar winning actor Michael Douglas’ 31 year old son, Cameron Douglas was sentenced to five years in prison on drug charges by the Federal District court, Manhattan, this Tuesday.
Cameron was charged for dealing in huge quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine at the Gansevoort hotel in Manhattan in January.
Junior Douglas, who is a D.J and a struggling actor, was also fined $300000.
He had pleaded guilty to charges of distributing drugs over a three year period, while he was awaiting trial, besides admitting to possession of large amount of heroine.
Breaking the normal federal sentencing guidelines, which calls for a 10 year term for similar drug cases, Judge Richard M Berman sentenced Cameron to five years of supervised release.
Cameron apologized in court
On his sentence day, Cameron wore a black suit and talked in a very humble tone before the bench.
"I believe, your Honor, that things will be difficult this time," Douglas told U.S. District Judge Richard Berman.
“If I would be so fortunate as to have another chance, I would never squander that opportunity,” Douglas said.
He further apologized to his family for his heroin addiction.
Cameron was portrayed as a lonely and troubled child, dealing with a broken family, leading him to indulge in drugs at the age of 13.
Douglas asked for leniency
Michael Douglas and his ex-wife, Diandra Douglas, who witnessed the sentence from the gallery’s second row, wrote a handwritten letter to the court, asking for empathy.
“Judge Berman, I love my son, but I’m not blind to his actions,” Douglas wrote. “I do believe out of this adversity he will be a positive citizen. I don’t want to see him break.
“I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father,” he wrote.
Douglas said that he loved his regular visits to his son at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan.
Cameron was portrayed as a lonely and troubled child, dealing with a broken family, leading him to indulge in drugs at the age of 13.
“Mr. Douglas was an unemployed addict with a five-time-a-day heroin habit,” his lawyer Nicholas M. De Feis said in court.
“His dealing was simply the desperate act of an addict,” Mr. De Feis said. “This arrest has actually helped put him on the right track.”