KIRK DOUGLAS' SON BUSTED IN N.Y. ON DRUG CHARGES

Kirk Douglas' youngest son, Eric, was in police custody early Wednesday after being arrested in his Manhattan apartment on a drug charge.

Eleven vials of crack and 1,085 anti-depressant Xanax pills were found Tuesday night in Douglas' apartment in the neighborhood once known as Hell's Kitchen, police officer Olga Mercado said.The 38-year-old actor and comedian was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, Mercado said.

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