Celebrity Justice
CNN's Quest (Allegedly) Gets the Meth Out

CNN's Richard Quest arrested todayCNN International's business travel specialist, Richard Quest, was arrested early this morning and booked on a misdemeanor charge of drug possession after police found him wandering around Central Park at the Kevin Spacey ungodly hour of 3:40am - way past the park's curfew.

UPDATE: According to some kinky reports, Quest also had a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals -- and a sex toy in his shoe. How Dita Von Teese of him!

Police were escorting Quest out of the park when he voluntarily told them, "I have meth in my pocket." He was then searched and indeed, was holding a small amount of methamphetamine in a Ziploc bag.

CNN had no immediate comment.

UPDATE: Quest was arraigned this afternoon in Manhattan's Criminal Court. Judge Anthony Ferrara told the reporter that if he attends counseling and therapy for the next six months that his case will be dismissed, but warned that if he failed to do so, he would be back in court and on his way to jail.




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16. Anderson Cooper's favorite conQUEST...

Posted at 7:52PM on Apr 18th 2008 by Gloria In Excelsis Deo Vanderbilt

17. Well that explains everything!!!!!! I knew he was a drugged out ass!!!

Posted at 8:36PM on Apr 18th 2008 by janet

18. what an arrogant ass - met him in the uk in 2000 (when he worked for another network) and he was a jerk. hope he falls all the way down...........

Posted at 11:30PM on Apr 18th 2008 by sven

19. How did this junkie get that job? Good luck in counseling. Try and not to tell on yourself next time. Take a chill pill!!

Posted at 10:21PM on Apr 18th 2008 by Kelli

20. poor Richard...he sure has healthy gums and teeth....obviously not habitual of anything.

Posted at 10:29PM on Apr 18th 2008 by CRACKING ME UP!!

21. I feel bad about this,as Richard is one of my favorites at CNN.I hope things will go better for him and he gets the help he needs.

Posted at 11:01PM on Apr 18th 2008 by Pink Dahlia

22. This is the most annoying guy on TV. He and Christianna Amanpour make a contest out of how badly they can mispronounce words. The should get rid of his junky self and just put more of my darling Anderson Cooper on. Gay or strait he is still better to listen to then this weirdo

Posted at 11:18PM on Apr 18th 2008 by sabrina273

23. love his smile, he is hot?

Posted at 11:33PM on Apr 18th 2008 by yes so funny ha ha

24. Eh look, Roger Daltry from The Who's a meth fiend. lmao That arse is a'Brit and a Meth-head and he has all of his teeth? He should be bloody toothless by my estimation! lol

Posted at 11:42PM on Apr 18th 2008 by Whore_Fiend

25. Another Starlet fallen. LMAO!! Hopefully he gets help. He is a junkie who can afford to get some fake teeth. Maybe that's why he has them all. I am just wondering how he hides his bad skin?!

Posted at 12:18AM on Apr 19th 2008 by Nic

26. I checked the CNN website and there is NO mention of this A-hole being busted....hmmmm I wonder why?

Posted at 12:57AM on Apr 19th 2008 by foxnews.com

27. I just said to my husband, "ya know that weird, horse-faced British guy on CNN?"; he said "yeah", I laughed because he knew exactly who I was talking about..."Busted for meth!!" Then HE laughed.

Posted at 1:29AM on Apr 19th 2008 by divajuia

28. no wonder he's so WHACKED...i thought he was on speed...what a jackass...fire his ass and send him back to wherever he came from...

Posted at 12:01AM on Apr 20th 2008 by k.d.

29. Kiss your job goodbye Quest. How sad.

fyi... DRUGS ARE WHACK!


Posted at 2:02AM on Apr 19th 2008 by Is this a joke? If so, no one is laughing.

30. re: 27. I just said to my husband, "ya know that weird, horse-faced British guy on CNN?"; he said "yeah", I laughed because he knew exactly who I was talking about..."Busted for meth!!" Then HE laughed.

Posted at 1:29AM on Apr 19th 2008 by divajuia


...THAT'S funny :)

Posted at 2:04AM on Apr 19th 2008 by Is this a joke? If so, no one is laughing.

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