MICHAEL DOUGLAS’ imprisoned son, CAMERON, testified against his alleged meth supplier, telling the court he wished he had remained in jail so he could get his fix.
Douglas was arrested in a posh NY hotel for dealing high end meth when he was collared by Feds meth two years ago.
Cameron, 32, told a federal jury in Manhattan that he learned only when he returned to federal prison that the U.S. Bureau of Prisons treats drug-addicted inmates as soon as they arrive. Instead, of being imprisoned, he was freed on bail after his initial arrest in July 2009.
He then stayed with his mother, Diandra, after a brief stop at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a federal lockup next to the downtown courthouse.
"They provide you with methadone when you're a heroin addict. I would have been better off if I had stayed at the MCC (Metropolitan Correctional Center),” Cameron stated.” I didn't know that they provided methadone at the MCC until I got back there,"
Government prosecutors called upon Douglas as part of his plea deal to testify against an alleged dealer that Douglas testified had supplied him with large quantities of drugs.
Douglas told jurors how he had distributed 20 pounds of crystal meth in 2006 and 2007 before he said he tired of dealing drugs.
Defense confronted Douglas repeatedly about his own failings to stay clean in a bid to discredit his testimony.
Naturally, the involvement of his Oscar winning father Michael came up during the heated testimony.
Douglas was queried if he was ever convened his dad be affected by his drug dealing when he was dealing drugs out of a home his father Michael had leased in California.
"I don't really have an answer for that," Douglas said.
Douglas testified his father had invested some money when Cameron tried to buy into become midtown Manhattan nightclub in midtown Manhattan. Cameron said he lost $150,000 in the failed gambit.
Douglas told the court that his life could have turned out much better.
"I definitely had the opportunity to and I was too immature, too reckless," he said. "At some point, those opportunities were closed to me."
