Eek, things seem to have gone downhill for Tatum O’Neal. O’Neal was arrested for buying crack cocaine in New York.

Actress Tatum O’Neal was arrested on Sunday night accused of buying
drugs outside her Lower East Side apartment. Cops say they found one
back of crack and one bag of cocaine on the Academy Award-winning
actress when she was picked up.

O’Neal evidently told cops she was "researching for a part," but
later changed her story when the officers found the drugs and a crack
pipe.

"I’ve been clean for a long time!" O’Neal begged cops, "Today was
the first time I was relapsing, but you guys saved me! Can you let me
go?"

Of course Tatum O’Neal has had a long and protracted relationship with drugs over the years. It would have been better if she had stayed clean of course.

Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O’Neal was arrested Sunday for buying crack cocaine in New York, police said.

The 44-year-old actress, who penned a 2004 memoir about her long road
to sobriety, was arrested around 7:30 p.m. on the Lower East Side of
Manhattan after she was seen making a purchase from a drug dealer,
police said.

She’s even written about her addictions:

O’Neal won an Academy Award at age 10 for Best Supporting Actress in
the movie "Paper Moon." Her book "A Paper Life," published in 2004,
dealt with abuse and neglect in her childhood and her struggles with
addiction.

Tatum O’Neal was formerly married to John MacEnroe, with whom she has three children:

Daughter
of actor Ryan O’Neal and actress Joanna Cook Moore Tatum O’Neil remains
the youngest actor, at the age of 10, to win an Oscar  for her
performance in Paper Moon.

Tatum O’Neil married tennis superstar John McEnroe in 1986. The couple had three children: Kevin, Sean, and Emily.

The
couple divorced in 1992. She began spiraling downward after the
divorce, developing an addiction to heroin. Her drug abuse cost her the
custody of her children. John McEnroe obtained full custody of their
kids in 1998.