Oliver Stone arrested on drug and driving charges

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone has been arrested for investigation of drug possession and driving while intoxicated, police said today.

Stone, 58, was arrested last night at a police checkpoint on Sunset Boulevard after showing signs of alcohol intoxication, police Sergeant John Edmundson said.

A search of his Mercedes turned up drugs, Edmundson said. He did not specify what kind.

Stone was released this morning after posting $15,000 (€12,000) bail.

A message left with Stone’s agent, David Styne, was not immediately returned.

In 1999, the filmmaker pleaded guilty to drug possession and no contest to driving under the influence and was ordered into a rehabilitation programme.

Stone’s films include the recent Alexander, JFK (1991) and Natural Born Killers (1994). He won Academy Awards for directing in 1989 for Born on the Fourth of July and in 1986 for Platoon, which also won the Oscar for best picture. He lives in Los Angeles.