Heroin will kill Winona

The Sun UK ^ | 12/7/02 | Eva Simpson

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Heroin will kill Winona Drugs claims ... Winona with her lawyer yesterday From EVA SIMPSON in Los Angeles MOVIE star Winona Ryder is a heroin user who could overdose and die, a shock police report claimed last night. A detective warned the judge at Winona’s shoplifting hearing that if the actress didn’t get help she could be found dead “with a needle in her arm”. The file was released as Winona, 31, appeared for sentence. She was let off jail, but was given probation and community service. She was also ordered to undergo drug and psychological counselling. The 28-page probation report said police had been told Winona had been using heroin for a decade and was addicted to painkillers. Detectives said they were flooded with calls from the star’s friends and associates, who claimed she had a major drugs problem. The report says: “Detective Elwell certainly believes the defendant has a drug problem and felt that probation and some type of intervention would be appropriate.” The cop was quoted as saying: “We don’t want to find her slumped over in a car with a needle in her arm. The best thing is to get help for her.” One informant told cops Winona had had a heroin problem for ten years, the report added. The document also said Winona had a hypodermic needle on her when she was arrested. The actress said it was to treat a back injury. The police report revealed Winona had been using a shadowy celebrity doctor to supply her with prescription drugs. At one stage the troubled actress was using 37 DIFFERENT medications, many obtained using a string of false names. She had eight different prescription drugs on her when she was arrested. Winona began taking drugs when she was a teenager after breaking up with a boyfriend, the report claims. She admitted she had been introduced to marijuana from an early age after living in a commune with her parents. Last night Winona’s publicist said the report was “unsubstantiated hearsay”. Mara Bauxbaum said: “These statements represent false, unfounded, anecdotal and malicious gossip that could have been called in by anyone with access to a phone.” Winona was also fined £1,700 and told to pay £4,000 compensation.

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Weirdo life of Winona By STEWART WHITTINGHAM WINONA Ryder was one of four children raised by hippy parents — and spent much of her early life on a commune exposed to drugs. Her parents, Michael and Cindy Horowitz, named her after the town of her birth, Winona, Minnesota. Her godfather was 1960s mind-bending drug guru Timothy Leary. He is best remembered as an advocate of LSD, who urged a generation to “turn on, tune in, and drop out”. Winona has starred in more than 20 films since her 1986 debut in school drama Lucas — and has dated a string of celebrities. Her first big role was in the 1988 comedy Beetlejuice. Star ... in Edward Scissorhands She also starred in Edward Scissorhands with ex-love Johnny Depp, Mermaids and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. She was nominated for Oscars for Little Women and The Age of Innocence. Off-screen she was engaged to Depp and has dated actors Christian Slater, Daniel Day Lewis, David Duchovny and Matt Damon.

[I_Love_My_Husband]

According to The Smoking Gun her and Courtney Love stole clothes from a fashion show as well.

She's a mess.

Also in the article it says she learned to smoke marijuana from her parents.

[MESHUGAMIKEY]

Her Brain Dead Attorney was Worried that she would now be BRANDED with the dread Scarlet S,....for shoplifter~!!

What a sense of values~ Well he is here lwayer isnt he~!!

[MESHUGAMIKEY]

She grew up a few short miles from here in. Petaluma California, the HOME ,..BTW ,....of Socialist Democrat Congressthing- Lynn Woolsey~!! Not btoo msurprising somehow

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Just in case anyone forgets she's had major plastic surgery to look beautiful and get rid of her weird (Horowitz) nose:

[afraidfortherepublic]

What a waste of life!

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Hmmm, looks like she's had lip plumping collagen too.

[Lancey Howard]

bttt

[Uncle Hal]

I live in Petaluma and I here her parents, when they lived here, were quite wild and lived an anything goes lifestyle. Any body that has Timothy Leary as a godfather has got to have problems.

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Do tell more? Open relationship? Wild sex parties? Swingers? Druggies?

Inquiring minds want to know!

[Jim Dandy]

Who gives a good G-Damn. I'm embarassed I spent this much tim reading the article. Spoiled little rich kids. I suppose if I try real hard I can find some compassion for someone who was been raised by retards who actually took Timothy Leary seriously.

[Jorge]

Her godfather was 1960s mind-bending drug guru Timothy Leary.

He is best remembered as an advocate of LSD, who urged a generation to “turn on, tune in, and drop out”.

Yikes. Timothy Leary was one of my idols when I was an acid head back in the late 60s, early 70s.
I also ended up doing herion and a lot of other things I won't even take the time to list.
I only thank God that I lived through all that insanity. Many of my friends didn't.
Let's hope Winona gets help.

[Lancey Howard]

Horowitz.
I wonder if Winona is a descendant of Moe, Shemp, or Curly?

[wharfrat]

Is this why she was not put in Jail? Leaving her out on probation would not fly either she would have to associate with those people the judge warned her about even if one of her(Friends?) got it for her! This is one messed up princess puppy!

[txhurl]

What a waste of incredible talent.

(She also dated Jason Patrick, mmmmmmmmm)

[lonewacko_dot_com]

What I find most troubling is all the money and time that the local DAs spent prosecuting a shoplifting case:

http://www.nationalreview.com/mowbray/mowbray093002.asp
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2071953

[riri]

Worse than all that, looks like you were a (yikes!) Democrat.

But seriously, kudos to you for GYST. I had a close friend or two who never did.

[mountaineer]

She stole several thousand dollars worth of property. That's not exactly jaywalking. It was appropriate to prosecute the case to the fullest extent.

More on this nitwit:

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. –– In a three-year span Winona Ryder filled 37 prescriptions from 20 doctors under a half-dozen aliases, according to a probation report that concluded the actress is apparently addicted to pain killers.

The report was released Friday after Ryder received a probationary sentence for stealing and vandalizing merchandise at a Saks Fifth Avenue store in December 2001. It paints a picture of the actress "doctor shopping" to obtain prescription medicines.

Ryder was not convicted of any drug charges and defense attorney Mark Geragos emphasized she had prescriptions for eight medications found on her when she was arrested. Geragos, who tried to keep the report sealed, told the judge Ryder has a "pain-management" problem.

The probation report suggests a different scenario. "While the defendant may have had reason in the past that necessitated her use of opiate pain killers, it would appear to the undersigned, as well as others, that the defendant is addicted to pain medication ...," said the report by chief probation officer Richard Shumsky and two deputies. full story, WashPost

[wardaddy]

ugh

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Not only stole the expensive clothes, but damaged them in the process (from cutting the tags off them with scissors!), so the clothes were not able to be re-sold!