Michael Douglas’ son faces minimum 10 years in prison for drug trafficking

Micheal Douglas’ son Cameron, 31, was arrested in late July of last year for dealing methamphetamine at a NY hotel. He was the target of a sting operation by the DEA, and it later came out that he was dealing drugs cross country and shipping them through the mail, a federal offense, with the help of his girlfriend. While Cameron was under house arrest at the $9.25 million upper east side townhouse owned by his mother, Diandra Luker, (Micheal Douglas’ first wife, from 1977-2000 before he married Catherine Zeta-Jones), his girlfriend was busted trying to slip him heroin in the battery compartment of an electric toothbrush. Cameron was then shipped to a Federal prison.

Yesterday Cameron plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute drugs and heroin possession as part of a plea deal. He faces a minimum of 10 years in jail. Cameron’s dad Michael Douglas released a statement last year that the family was “devastated and very disappointed in Cameron’s recent behavior.” He said a little more in a recent interview published in AARP Magazine, as E! Online reports:

Michael’s eldest son, Cameron Douglas.. this morning pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute drugs and heroin possession as part of a plea deal which nevertheless guarantees a minimum—minimum—10-year prison term.

The 31-year-old admitted to selling large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine prior to his arrest last year, which was preceded by a three-year investigation by the DEA.

“I began supplying on a regular basis,” Douglas said in court.

In addition to the conspiracy charge, he also fessed up to possessing heroin. That count came about after his girlfriend was caught trying to smuggle the drug to him via an electric toothbrush while he was under house arrest last summer.

“Yes, your honor,” he told the judge when asked if he knew what he was doing was wrong.
As for what his famous father feels about his possible life sentence, Michael opened up to the AARP earlier this month.

“It’s been very painful,” he said, going on to acknowledge that he wasn’t exactly a rock-solid presence in his son’s life growing up.

“I’ll assume whatever responsibilities I have to. Would it have been better to have been around more? Absolutely. There were absences, and I was no angel.

“Cameron has a lot of his life ahead,” he says. “He now recognizes his own demons and struggles.”

[From E! Online]

Star Magazine reported that Cameron Douglas had an $80 million trust fund, but who knows how accurate that is. Clearly he had a very privileged upbringing and a lot of chances in life and now he’s squandered it all away. It’s possible Cameron won’t serve the minimum of ten years in prison. E! Online notes that “As details of Cameron’s plea bargain with prosecutors have not been disclosed, it’s unclear whether he will be held to the usual decade-minimum incarceration.” Sentencing is on April 27.