Drug-Addicted Robert Downey Jr. Falls Asleep in Neighbor Kid's Bed
The star of the 1987 drug-addled cult hit Less Than Zero made his longtime drug addiction even more embarrassingly public on July 16, 1996, by accidentally falling asleep in his Malibu neighbor's house — in a child's bed, no less. The subsequent arrest came just hours after Downey had been charged with possession of heroin and cocaine for an arrest a month earlier. He pleaded no contest, but it was just one of many altercations with the law that eventually led to the Oscar-nominated actor's year-long stint (1999-2000) in California's Corcoran State Prison. —Marc Bernardin
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