Actor Kirk Douglas asked a Manhattan judge to spare his drug-dealing grandson a harsh prison sentence, saying he hopes to see him turn around his life "before I die."
The film legend made the appeal in one of several letters of support filed Friday in federal court on behalf of Cameron Douglas.
Many other letters were offered to the court including ones from his stepmother, Catherine Zeta-Jones and NBA executive Pat Riley. Other longtime friends expressed their sadness watching him waste his talent as a budding actor. Cameron had roles in movies including 2003's It Runs In The Family, starring his father and grandfather.
Cameron Douglas, 31, is "a considerate, worthy human being," Zeta-Jones wrote.The son of actor Michael Douglas pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges he dealt methamphetamine out of a Manhattan hotel. The charges carry a minimum term of 10 years behind bars. But attorneys for the heroin addict claimed that their remorseful client was committed to sobriety, and argued he only deserves a maximum 3 1/2 years at sentencing next week.
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