Yet Another Child Star With A Drug Problem

Former child star Macaulay Culkin pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor charges of possession of medication without a prescription and marijuana and was given a deferred sentence.
Culkin, star of the 1990 movie "Home Alone," was arrested Sept. 17 after Oklahoma City police stopped a car in which he was a passenger. Officers found over a half-ounce of marijuana and several tablets of Xanax, a prescription medication used to treat depression and panic disorders, court records show.
Culkin, wearing a gray suit and a white open-collared shirt, entered the pleas during a brief hearing before Special Judge Russell Hall, who gave Culkin a 1-year deferred sentence on each of the charges and assessed a total of $940 in fees.
The actor spoke softly during the hearing and his words were inaudible in the crowded courtroom. He made no comments to a group of reporters as he left.
He recently testified in the Michael Jackson child molestation case, saying he spent time with Jackson as a boy but was never molested.
Culkin, 24, arrived in Oklahoma County District Court about 10 minutes before his case was called and was immediately recognized by other misdemeanor defendants and court personnel.
"I love your work," one woman said as she walked past Culkin. Culkin cracked a slight smile and bowed politely from his seat.
Debra Forshee, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma County District Attorney's office, said Culkin was required to appear before Hall to resolve the charges.
"We treated him as we would treat any other defendant," Forshee said.
Assistant District Attorney Greg Mashburn said Culkin completed all requirements of his probation before he came to court, including a drug and alcohol assessment. Mashburn said the assessment revealed Culkin does not have a drug problem.
Mashburn said authorities seized eight Xanax tablets from a car driven by a friend of Culkin's, Brett M. Tabisel, 22, of New York City. Tabisel was pulled over on Interstate 44 for driving 70 mph in a 60 mph zone and an improper lane change, according to a police report.
Tabisel agreed to let police search the car and told a police officer that prescription pills were inside.
Culkin told the officer there was $3,000 in a bag on the floor of the car. As they opened the bag together, the officer saw a small clear bag containing what appeared to be marijuana, the report states.
Culkin handed over a small bag of pills and said he didn't have a prescription for the medication.

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"We treated him as we would treat any other defendant," Forshee said.
Assistant District Attorney Greg Mashburn said Culkin completed all requirements of his probation before he came to court, including a drug and alcohol assessment. Mashburn said the assessment revealed Culkin does not have a drug problem.
Mashburn said authorities seized eight Xanax tablets from a car driven by a friend of Culkin's, Brett M. Tabisel, 22, of New York City. Tabisel was pulled over on Interstate 44 for driving 70 mph in a 60 mph zone and an improper lane change, according to a police report.
Tabisel agreed to let police search the car and told a police officer that prescription pills were inside.
Culkin told the officer there was $3,000 in a bag on the floor of the car. As they opened the bag together, the officer saw a small clear bag containing what appeared to be marijuana, the report states.
Culkin handed over a small bag of pills and said he didn't have a prescription for the medications

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Let's see now the standard citizen would of been facing what? 25 yrs or more? Slap on the wrist, here though.
Even though he had a bag of weed with him and a bag of unprescibed medications?
Oh well. As long as it's ok and your cooperative. He did hand over the bag of pills.
But he has no drug problem? Ok. What was up with all the pills and the weed?j
LPDFTBL shakes head in amazement.
Ah i know what it is. Ask for a deferred sentencing.
Hollywood style. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

[imported_mega]

actually lpd, oklahomas laws concerning marijuana are alot different than they are here. Reecie Gravely was arrested out there with 13 lbs of marijuana and it wasnt even considered a felony. He managed to get aquitted on a technicality also.

[PVVikeFan]

Why do so many people turn to drugs when they should have "life on a string"?

It's not the pot that i am considering to be honest.
It's the illegal medications. No prescriptions but prescription drugs?
Yet he was treated as anyone else?
Nah now seriously. This was a slap on the wrist and done why?
He is from Hollywood. I would say it's safe to bet, behind the scenes and what hasn't been told he has agreed to rehab. services and other things.
If not and i was an inmate in prison on a drug crime, i would be asking for an appeal.
And the new federal law makes weed illegal for even medical use, may not be in effect and may be overturned.
But man this is wrong.
This is misabuse by the system for a person of prominence.
Prescription medications but no prescription, pure abuse of our system. And we have many others doing a lot of time for this same crime.

[imported_MoonlightGraham]

I dont quite know the pot laws in OK, but you can check them out at www.norml.org, as for the illegal medicatins, he must have had some serious stuff.

[Glory_Days]

i think he became a pill and pot head because his parents kept on leaving him home alone...i think they did...like 3 times...

And ya know man that has to mess with a kid being left home alone. It has to make you well....... experiment..... [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
But seriously though, this is just a slap on the wrist. And not really that illegal prescription drugs?

[PVVikeFan]

I have never had the opportunity to see for myself, but I have been told that MONEY TALKS. Money should never have anything to do with our legal sysyem, but it does.

[Glory_Days]

the legal system is more screwed up than old kevin mcallister