New York City police are saying that actress Tatum O’Neal was arrested last night after she was seen buying crack cocaine near her apartment on the Upper East Side. When apprehended, O’Neal reportedly told police that she was doing “research” for a role, but it’s also possible that the 44-year-old actress is once again struggling with the drug addiction she wrote about in her 2004 memoir A Paper Life. Either way it’s sad news, especially given her early promise; she remains the youngest actor to win an Oscar, snagging one at 10 for Paper Moon and stealing the show from her father Ryan to boot.
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