'Party of Five' Star Kidnapped, Forced to 'Smoke Dope'

By PopEater Staff Posted Jun 17th 2010 09:42AM

Actor Jeremy London -- who starred in TV's 'Party of Five' -- found himself in a terrifying situation this month when he was kidnapped by two men and forced to smoke drugs, according to a RadarOnline report. The details of the incident are quite unbelievable, and two men have been charged so far. After the jump, how the harrowing events played out.

Update: The district attorney's office said a man in custody, Brandon Adams, 26, of Palm Springs, has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping London and forcing him to use drugs, the Associated Press reports. Adams remains in jail after a late Thursday arraignment on five charges including kidnapping and theft.

According to the Radar report, the 37-year-old London was changing a flat tire in Palm Springs, California, on June 10 when two men pulled over, initially claiming they wanted to help him. Things then took a quick turn, and London found himself being forcibly kidnapped by the two men.

The men then drove London in his own car, holding him at gunpoint the entire time.

Five hours later, London somehow escaped, but according to what he told the police, the kidnapping was just the beginning of his scary and wild night.

"He told officers [during the kidnapping] that he was forced to smoke dope and then purchase booze and hand it out in a gang area of Palm Springs," Sergeant Steve Douglas of the Palm Springs Police Department told RadarOnline.com.

Two men, whose identities haven't been revealed, have been arrested and charged over the incident -- and it was all by chance. A police officer had driven by the two men while they were helping London change his tire, and was later able to identify them.

The drug portion of this story is doubly serious for London, who has battled drug addiction in the past. In September of 2009, he checked into rehab to fight his prescription pill addiction.

Tags: jeremy london, party of five

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Thursday 17 June

By john

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Donna could you put in a word for me too? I get censored all the time even when I post facts

Giv'm hell

By margaret harris

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Sorry for the stupidity, but what is it that AOL is doing?

By LyMartin

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They Must Be shaking In Their BOOTS!!! The world will sure end now...

By J Lea

This happens to me often too, so they are censoring? I just thought the bot that was supposed to send the e-mail was on the fritz or out looping itself or something. Do people at AOL really read this crap? There are people at AOL? That is a shocking revelation.

By Donna

Hello,,, Is nayone there?
This man is not too bright. If he thinks police believes this,, he is even more ignorant than I thought.
Dopers dont share their dope, everyone must pay for it.
This guy must have to take a drug test soon.

By bjay0421

At first, I tend to agree with you and the others. But, they say they arrested two men. So it seems at least part of the story might be true. I can't imagine drug users sharing their dope unless they took his money to buy more. There should be more stories on this incident, which should be interesting although probably not as humorous. I'm gonna give him an innocent til proven guilty, just in case, as is his right in the USA. But can hardly wait for the follow-ups.

By cRAIG

Jason London was in Dazed & Confused, not Jeremy.
Nice fact-checking...

By Jasmine

Weed may have been called dope back in the day, but now a days dope is CRACK.

Friday 18 June

By Jeff D

...and at what time did the flying saucer deliver the pizza?

By Kim & Darren

Jeremy London was NOT in "Dazed and Confused". His twin brother, Jason, was!

By LOL

Don't you just hate it when that happens??? I had the same thing, got me hooked on dope again. I did like the part where I gave away the booze.

By dlee

A drug test must be in this mans future for him to make up such a story. Does he really think a judge would be that stupid to believe him?

By Mary

Hey you never know what happened...and I agree with the fact checks...Jeremy was NOT in dazed and confused that was Jason..Jeremy was in Mallrats

By Lisa

I wish people would get their facts straight when writing a story........Jeremy London did NOT star in dazed and confused, it was his twin brother JASON for popeaters 411!

By pooge

WTF? That makes no sense to me at all...force him to do drugs? Rob him yes..but that? not buying it!

By Lucy

Geez, I wish I would have thought of this excuse when I was younger and always getting in trouble.

By Mike

I smoked dope and drank booze while the guys I kidnapped looked on and begged me to share.

By arbos6

Sounds like that part in the movie Ricochet with Denzel. I wonder did he have a hooker too?? Hope it wasnt a Tranny!!!!

By Mandy

Yeah, this is a believable story. (/sarcasm)

By Jill

I hoped he wasn't raped.