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  1. Jun 21, 2023 · Robert Downey Jr. hasn’t always been an “Iron Man.” ... He skipped another drug test and was sentenced to three years of prison in 1999. Downey served 15 months in state prison in Corcoran ...

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      Downey's introduction to drugs started as a young boy....

  2. Oct 23, 2020 · Between 1996 and 2001, he was arrested several times, and spent six months in a Los Angeles County Jail, after failing to undergo drug testing in 1997. Article continues below advertisement. Source: Warner Bros. Pictures. He was then sentenced to three years in prison despite having a crack legal team in 1999 after failing to report to another ...

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  3. Jul 13, 2021 · Downey Jr. served only a year of his three-year sentence. A judge ruled that the time he previously served in the Los Angeles County Jail in 1997 and 1998 was long enough to reduce his sentence.

  4. Jun 20, 2023 · June 20, 2023 1:53pm. Robert Downey Jr. says being sent to prison in 1999 was “the worst thing that happened to me.”. The Iron Man star opened up about his time in a California state prison ...

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  5. Jun 11, 2024 · Public Domain. Downey was first arrested in 1996 for possession of heroin, cocaine, and an unloaded .357 caliber Magnum. He was then hauled in two weeks later when he broke into a neighbor’s home in Malibu while under the influence. Downey spent some time in prison in 1997 and 1998, was placed on probation, and ordered to undergo counseling.

  6. Jun 20, 2023 · After Shepard, 48, asked about jail, Downey Jr. said, "I'm gonna try to give you the flashcards: I'm in court, I'm being over-sentenced by an angry judge, and at some point he said something in Latin.

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  8. Oct 12, 2023 · On August 2, 2000, Downey was released from prison after a successful appeal. It would be a rocky recovery, but the actor managed to get his career going again, and today is one of the most famous actors in Hollywood. It would take two decades for his 1996 conviction to be expunged. In 2015, the California governor pardoned him for his past ...