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    Michael Douglas' Son Gets Additional Four and a Half Years in Prison

    By Kate Stanhope | TV Guide – Wed, Dec 21, 2011 3:26 PM PST

    Cameron Douglas | Photo Credits: Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

    Michael Douglas' son, Cameron Douglas, was sentenced to four and a half more years in prison on top of the five years he's already serving, The Associated Press reports.

    Federal Judge Richard Berman decided that he was nearly doubling the sentence Wednesday in Manhattan, saying that the government had been too lenient on Douglas, 33, after he repeatedly violated prison rules by arranging to get drugs. The judge listed four instances in which a lawyer smuggled drugs into prison for Douglas in her bra.

    Cameron Douglas sentenced to five years in prison

    Douglas asked the judge to give him another chance at treatment. Berman recommended that Douglas be sent to a prison facility that offers drug treatment and mental health care.

    Douglas was first arrested in July 2009 for dealing methamphetamine from a New York hotel. He was sentenced to five years in prison in April 2010.



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    10 comments

    • j c
      j c  •  5 months ago
      tell me the lawyer is doing time too......
    • JohnS
      JohnS  •  5 months ago
      Where's the lawyer? Hopefully in jail.
    • MartiniqueP
      MartiniqueP  •  5 months ago
      why does he go to jail and lilo goes to hawaii?
      • michael m
        michael m 5 months ago
        because lilo puts out cameron doesn't
      • Rob
        Rob 5 months ago
        he does now
    • Ladie H
      Ladie H  •  5 months ago
      He order drug "take out" from prison?.......and got it?
    • shane
      shane  •  5 months ago
      Lin G, are you an idiot? Any educated person in this country knows that 90% of the crime rate in this country is driven by the drug market. "Not hurting anyone but himself" what about the people killed by the dozens every week trafficking the drugs that he is buying? What about the Police officers murdered by drug traffickers? The drug market hurts everyone, if not directly then indirectly and financially.
    • roscoe
      roscoe  •  5 months ago
      If he was getting drugs in jail while in jail for drugs he deserves to stay there longer. Stupid #$%$!!
    • ELLEN
      ELLEN  •  5 months ago
      his lawyer hired a better lawyer....
    • Ginny
      Ginny  •  5 months ago
      Maybe MIchael Douglas should have been around more when he was growing up. This is the first time I heard that he even had a son. So sad
      • Ann
        Ann 5 months ago
        So the amount of time Douglas spent with his son is contingent on or proportionate to your knowledge of the kid's existence? Wow! Your expertise (EGO) knows no bounds!
      • Ginny
        Ginny 5 months ago
        That's your thoughts. Were all free to say what we want.
      • Clarice
        Clarice 5 months ago
        When someone chooses this path, parenting, good or bad, doesn't fit into the equation.
    • Tom
      Tom  •  5 months ago
      The kid is pretty good looking... too bad.
    • Lin Gerring
      Lin Gerring  •  5 months ago
      This is where our legal system is just wrong, wrong, wrong....his drug use affects no one but him, and if he steals a car, or kills someone or anything else while on drugs, then it is that crime that should be addressed. Or sells drugs to kids...but in jail merely for using or possession needs to be definitely looked at and these sentences given....
      • Codeman
        Codeman 5 months ago
        He was originally sentenced for dealing large quantities of drugs, not using.
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