Following her drugs bust in Sunday night, Oscar-winning actress Tatum O’Neal has been arraigned in a New York court.
The former child star, who chronicled her recovery from a heroin addiction in her 2004 book A Paper Life, was arrested by police after she was spotted by a narcotics team exchanging money with a man three blocks from her home in the Big Apple.
The actress, daughter of actor Ryan O'Neal, initially told cops she was "doing research for a part", according to a police source.
She was arraigned on one misdemeanour charge of criminal possession of a controlled substance in Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday morning.
She has been released on her own recognisance and is next due in court on 28 July, reports TMZ.
