'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 Spike

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There's a gang area in Palm Springs? This whole story is absurd.

By Michael Alton Lowder

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That's sooooo true. There is a nursing home area where the oldsters have wild parties in the street after 7pm. It usually ends around 7:30pm. Wonder what time EXACTLY this incident took place. Poor Jeremy, what one won't do for publicity!

By ML

another celebrity moron.

By Jan

B.S. He was probably the supplier!

By Jeff

The perfect response for when someone tells you: "nobody had a gun to your head MAKING you smoke that dope!"

By LBerger

The same thing happened to me when I was attending the 'Tea Party' with Johnny Depp when doing Alice in Wonderland; And when the police tracked down the culprits, who incidentally fell down the hole and ate the bisquit that made them .... ARE YOU GETTING MY DRIFT PEOPLE??? .. let's get back to the 'real' world.

By TwippleKwam

Really?? Guess I'm a skeptic; I can't imagine any situation where drug-users would force their drugs on a kidnapped person. At least, not unless you gave them MONEY.

By MissMiss

Or when they want to have their way with you.

By chvol

Forced to smoke weed while he was changing his tire? Where can I go to be forced to smoke weed while I change my tire? Hey, I'll puncture the tire myself.

Charlie

By Stanley

I've been hoping for years that someone would kidnap me and make me smoke some good dope.

By Marcus

And....his dog ate his homework.

By Sharon

If that could happen to him, then I look for someone to hold me up at gunpoint and FORCE me to take a new car!!! LOL

By adrieneb628

if he was forced to do drugs than i was forced to sleep with george clooney !!!

By Pauly

Yeah Right this story is 100% BS

By Victim

I believe him, only for the reason that I was kidnapped by a guy who forced me to do work for him eight hours a day then paid me a check after two weeks. He said if I told anyone that he was paying me 90k a year with raises and bounes he'd kill me and my family. So I just kept my mouth shut for years!

By molly

what a bunch of crap he is an adult he knew what he was doing he just got caught doing drugs no one forces you to do drugs

By TonyS

I had that happen to me once for 25 years. Whew! I barely made it.

By jonzbeach

Sure..the ol' known-drug-abuser-changing-a-tire-in-the-desert- being-kidnapped-by-gang-members-and-forced-to-party crime...if I have seen it once..I've seen it like NEVER. Dude..that's worse than dog ate my homework, check is in the mail and I promise to pull out.

By samboy38

let's be a bit more specific here, dope can mean quite a few things. I mean, hell if someone kidnapped me and made me smoke weed I'd thank them for smoking me out!

By Dave

I think it was the same two that kidnapped me and took me to the moon and made me eat that green cheese up there. I hope they get them.

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