{"id":535617,"date":"2010-04-20T17:02:48","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T21:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=101458"},"modified":"2010-04-20T17:02:48","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T21:02:48","slug":"cameron-douglas-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/535617","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Douglas Sentenced To Five Years In Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cameron Douglas is going to prison for his role in a high-level New York City meth ring — but he’s escaped sentencing laws that would have kept him behind bars for up to a decade, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

The pleas from friends and family seeking leniency for Michael Douglas’ only son with ex-wife Diandra Douglas apparently worked. Calling it his “last chance to make it,”<\/em> Federal Judge Richard Berman sentenced the 31-year-old strugglin actor to just five years in prison on drug dealing charges on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Cameron’s parents, stepmother Catherine Zeta-Jones, and 93-year-old grandfather, Spartacus actor Kirk Douglas all sent letters to the court in hopes of persuading the judge to go easy on the troubled Hollywood celebuspawn.<\/p>\n

In Michael Douglas’ five-page handwritten letter, the Wall Street<\/em> actor explains that Cameron’s problems are, in part, due to a privileged but difficult childhood as well as feelings of inadequacy as the son and grandson of Oscar winners.<\/p>\n

“I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father,” <\/em>Michael wrote. “I’m not sure I can comprehend it with two generations to deal with.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hollywood star remarked that he’s “cherished”<\/em> weekly two-hour visits to his son in jail over the past eight months.<\/p>\n

“I get to witness the wonderful young man he can be,”<\/em> the elder Douglas wrote.<\/p>\n

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