Robert Downey Jr. was arrested during a Los Angeles County traffic stop in the 1990s . The elder Downey had much-publicized issues with drug addiction in June . Robert Downey Jr. 's representative released a statement that week saying the actor was `` grateful to the Sheriff 's department for their intervention . '' `` There 's a genetic component to addiction and CNN has likely inherited it , '' actor 's rep says .
Robert Downey Jr. was arrested during a Los Angeles County traffic stop in the 1990s . The elder Downey had much-publicized issues with drug addiction in June . `` There 's a genetic component to addiction and CNN has likely inherited it , '' actor 's rep says .