Robert Downey Jr.'s Prison Experience Compared to Alien Planet
Robert Downey Jr. opened up about his time in a California state prison during a recent episode of the Armchair Expert podcast. He described it as "arguably the most dangerous place I've ever been in my life" and said it was "the worst thing that happened to me." Downey was initially sentenced to three years in the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in 1999 after missing a number of court-ordered drug tests tied to a 1996 cocaine possession charge. He would end up only serving a year, after getting early release in 2000 on the condition of posting bail.