'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 Brenda

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If he made it up they have TWO INNOCENT MEN in jail for kidnapping him. Its what the article said. Said the police identified the two men after he drove by the scene when they were fixing the flat, and he remembered them, identified them and arrested them.

By lindee

Jeremy, it didn't work for Tanya Harding. It won't work for you. Get a real job and let go of Party of Five.

By Antoine Figgis

not. buying. it.

By upurs

ya a couple girls did that to me andshot me up with some good coke and heroin...and it's been a real blast since..!woohoo..!

By Evil Jack

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Is 'forced to smoke drugs' a new term for 'forced to blow two guys' or have I missed something?

By innocentvictim

How terrible for this young man. I sure hope I don't get kidnapped and forced to shop for shoes and get a pedicure!

By claudia

Here we go with another has been trying to get attention. When he sees no one is all that interested he will announce he is gay!

By Kim

I don't believe his story.

By JANA

...AND I HAVE A BRIDGE FOR SALE.

By cheercurlz

Who?

By Joanna Casteel

His story stinks to high heaven.

By terrie

lmao forced to smoke weed must of been some real bad dudes lol

By themeeker

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Linzey Loman will use this excuse next time she fails her drug test...which will be this week probably.

This is some whopping big lie.

By Shane

yeah-people kidnap random people and make them smoke dope all the time-BS

By Wowza

Yeah, Like, I smoked marijuana one time but I didn't inhale duuuuude!
Right on man,
Bill C

By lvn83

This type of crime needs to be stopped! I am sure these are the same people who kidnapped me took me to McDonalds and forced me to eat two quarter pounders...large fries..ice cram cone and a jumbo drink. I lost my job as a runway model due to the fact I became addicted and ate this 3 times a day and became a size 20.

By Livinintraffic

A gang section in Palm Springs???????
This story sounds like the cops don't buy it since both names are not known. Even after they were arrested and placed in jail.
Ya no? Ya gotta love celebrities and the fact that they think
no matter how bizarre the story, they honestly believe they can pull it off and be credible just by the mere fact that they act for a living. Na mean?
So Palm Springs has replaced the food basket giveaway for the needy to booze baskets? Only in California..........Again, gotta give him a prop for "imagination".

By Ruth

"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."
I guess the police do believe his story.

By txflyt

Wasn't this an episode from Six Feet Under? Only there was just one kidnapper and the kidnapee was gay.

By carol

Oh gosh-- I hope Lindsey isn't reading this. That'll be her next excuse for her ankle bracelet going off.

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