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CNN reporter faces drug charge after arrest in Central Park
15 hours ago

NEW YORK — A CNN reporter was arrested Friday in Central Park with a small amount of methamphetamine in his pocket, but he avoided jail time by agreeing to undergo drug counseling and therapy.

Richard Quest, 46, was arrested around 3:40 a.m. on a count of possession of a controlled substance — a misdemeanor that usually refers to a personal use amount of a drug. He was also charged with loitering; the park officially closes at 1 a.m.

When police saw and detained Quest, he told them, "I've got some meth in my pocket," according to the complaint filed in court. The complaint said he had a plastic sandwich bag containing methamphetamine in a jacket pocket.

Quest, who is British, is a correspondent for CNN International and is known for his reports on business travel. He hosts "CNN Business Traveler" and "Quest."

At his arraignment in Manhattan's Criminal Court, Judge Anthony Ferrara told Quest that if he attends the counseling and therapy designated by prosecutors for the next six months, his case will dismissed.

The judge allowed Quest to leave court without posting bail. He warned that if Quest failed to comply with the counseling schedule, he could be back in court and on his way to jail.

Quest's lawyer, Alan M. Abramson, said his client "did not realize the park had a curfew. He was returning to his hotel with friends."

CNN had no immediate comment on Quest's arrest.


Gezz, Ted Turner needs to pay his guys more, he could at least have had some coke:rolleyes:

[BertF]

Well, you have to read between the lines. He was in the park with another guy after dark (Oh, they left out the other guy, how strange!). The best part that the papers said was that he had a "sex toy," read "dildo" in his boot. So, to cut to the chase, he was stoned in the park getting porked. God bless CNN.

[Bravo_One_Three]

Richard Quest?

Where were Johnny, Hadji, and Bandit when this went down? Why wasn't Race Bannon taking care of his battle buddy!?

[troy2k]

I have despised Quest for years, now it makes sense.

[Spinner]

Why wasn't Race Bannon taking care of his battle buddy!?

Which Race Bannon? The really cool, original 1964 version?

Or the lame iterations that came out in the 80s and 90s? :D

[Blackheart6]

No kidding...you mean another clueless pencilneck NYC news fag gets caught in the act. Say it ain't so!

CNN should fire his ass and deport him for breaking US law. But..the news fairies will probably put him on a pedestal. :mad::confused:

[magician]

Drudge linked to another story which stated that the guy had a dildo in his boot, meth in his pocket, and a "rope tied around his neck and his genitals."

I shit you not.

The same story closed by mentioning that the journalist had previously been offered a job by Al Jazeera, which he declined, because he was "Jewish and gay," and he did not think that he would be a good fit for the network.

I could give a shit that the guy is Jewish or gay. I do not even care about his perversions, though I find them pretty disgusting on a personal level.

He should be hammered for the drug offense. Period.

[Richman]

Drudge linked to another story which stated that the guy had a dildo in his boot, meth in his pocket, and a "rope tied around his neck and his genitals."

I shit you not.

The same story closed by mentioning that the journalist had previously been offered a job by Al Jazeera, which he declined, because he was "Jewish and gay," and he did not think that he would be a good fit for the network.

I could give a shit that the guy is Jewish or gay. I do not even care about his perversions, though I find them pretty disgusting on a personal level.

He should be hammered for the drug offense. Period.

I sound like my Grandpa when I say...... "What the fuck is this world coming to?"!!

If he is not fired then my no respect for CNN has lowered to a new level.

[ex]

He's an idiot. He was arrested on 64th St. Everyone knows all the gay activity happens in the Ramble between 77th and 85th and the popo will leave them alone there. :rolleyes: :D

[NightLandNav]

If I was NYCPD, I wouldn't go in the Ramble either w/o full NBC and a flame-thrower.

...and even then, only after losing a heated argument for an air-strike.

[SN]

Wonder what kind of coverage CNN would have given this if the guy had been, oh, say a Priest, or Republican from Wyoming?

The guy needs to be deported, and not allowed back in.

[ex]

If I was NYCPD, I wouldn't go in the Ramble either w/o full NBC and a flame-thrower.

...and even then, only after losing a heated argument for an air-strike.

The Ramble is beautiful - I just finished walking my dogs there. But when you see a lone man wandering around without a dog (or at least a pair of binoculars, the Ramble is a great place to bird watch) he's cruising for some tail. :eek:
But to be anywhere in the park in the middle of the night is really, really stupid.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

Aside from angry bloggers speculating, I haven't seen anything on any news sites that he had a dildo or was trolling.

People cut through the park all the time after hours without looking for gay sex. :rolleyes:

Doesn't excuse the fact that he had meth on him.

But just because he was gay and out late doesn't mean he was trolling.

No kidding...you mean another clueless pencilneck NYC news fag gets caught in the act.The act of walking?
Plus your jealousy of NYC is misdirected... he' a Brit, not a native New Yorker.
:D

[NightLandNav]

The Ramble is beautiful - I just finished walking my dogs there. But when you see a lone man wandering around without a dog (or at least a pair of binoculars, the Ramble is a great place to bird watch) he's cruising for some tail. :eek:
But to be anywhere in the park in the middle of the night is really, really stupid.

It is, it's arguably one of the coolest parts of the park...landscape wise.

I've never been through the Ramble at night, but I have walked across and through the park at 0'Dark :30, over a dozen times at least. One of the times it was only me and a girl. ...Officer McGovern of the Park Police, she was nice.

Fags don't bother me...until they bother me.

[magician]

Wonder what kind of coverage CNN would have given this if the guy had been, oh, say a Priest, or Republican from Wyoming?

The guy needs to be deported, and not allowed back in.

Good point.

For those who missed it, here is the article from the New York Post, and a pic of the perp.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04192008/photos/news013.jpg



KINKY NEWS NETWORK
CNN'S QUEST A VERY 'KNOTTY' BOY
By DAREH GREGORIAN and PHILIP MESSING

TYING ONE ON: CNN broadcaster Richard Quest was busted in the wee hours in Central Park yesterday with a rope tied to his neck and genitals. "I've got some meth in my pocket," he helpfully told the arresting officer.

April 19, 2008 --
This is CNN? Kinky!
CNN personality Richard Quest was busted in Central Park early yesterday with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot, law-enforcement sources said.

Quest, 46, was arrested at around 3:40 a.m. after a cop spotted him and another man inside the park near 64th Street, a police source said.
The criminal complaint against Quest said the park was closed at the time - something Quest should have known because of all the signs saying "Park Closed 1 a.m. to 6 a.m."

Quest was initially busted for loitering, the source said. Aside from the oddly configured rope, the search also turned up a sex toy inside of his boot, and a small bag of methamphetamine in his left jacket pocket.

It wasn't immediately clear what the rope was for.

The criminal complaint says the officer at the scene was able to ID the drug because of "his prior experience as a police officer in drug arrests, observation of packaging which is characteristic of this type of drug, and defendant's statements that . . . 'I've got some meth in my pocket.' "

He was charged with loitering and criminal possession of a controlled substance. His unusual get-up didn't lead to a lewdness charge because he wasn't exposing himself, the police source said.

Quest's unidentified companion was given a summons for not carrying any identification, the source said.

Quest's lawyer, Alan Abramson, had a much more innocuous version of events.

"Mr. Quest didn't realize that the park had a curfew," Abramson said. He was simply "returning to his hotel with friends."

At a hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court, Quest agreed to undergo six months of drug counseling in return for an "adjournment in contemplation of dismissal," which means the misdemeanor charges against him will be dropped and the case sealed if he stays out of trouble and completes his drug program.

He was released with no bail after spending most of the day behind bars.
Abramson predicted after the hearing that "the case will be dismissed." He declined to answer questions.

Quest, known for his hollering antics and stunts on the cable news network and its international counterpart, declined comment, as did a CNN spokeswoman.

On his official CNN bio, the network calls him "one of the most instantly recognizable members of the CNN team."

"He has become one of the network's highest profile presenters," and his "dynamic and distinctive style has made him a unique figure in the field of business and news broadcasting," the network's Web site says.

He was reportedly once offered a position for the English-language version of the controversial Al Jazeera network, but said he turned it down because being gay and Jewish, he didn't think it would be a good fit.

Additional reporting by Adam Buckman

[Silverbullet]

As anyone who travels internationally and had to settle on cnni knows, Quest is one annoying person.

I have long hoped he would disappear but this works just as well.....

[Longrifle]

Sounds to me like he was trolling . . . for a purple headed yogurt slinger. Looks like those front 6 teeth come out, too. Guess he's a gummer by night.

Probably a closette homeaux.

[NightLandNav]

"purple headed..." took me sec. I was trying to figure out how "yogurt slinger" applied to the Minnesota Vikings.

But, "closette homeaux" ...from the above photo? I don't know.

As ignorant as I can be at times, if he was making out with Giselle Bundchen on a carriage ride in CP...I'd say "Holyshit, look at that fag making out with Giselle Bundchen on that carriage ride".

The closet, the pantry, garage, tool-shed...this guy was "out" of any place to hide his gayassedness. A $3 bill tattooed on his forehead would have been redundant.

[Blackheart6]

The closet, the pantry, garage, tool-shed...this guy was "out" of any place to hide his gayassedness. A $3 bill tattooed on his forehead would have been redundant.

Well said...:cool:

[Alex F]

In all fairness to the guy, I don't think he's trying to hide that he's gay.

[magician]

What is interesting to me is, no other news outlet beside the New York Post shared such detail.

Frankly, I think the detail is the real story. Taken in totality, this guy is twisted.

But I guess that I am fairly conventional.

I have never tied a rope around my neck and my genitalia.

I do not want to imagine what purpose (or what orifice) he had in mind for that dildo.

Using meth in combination with those two.... or maybe he planned to use the meth to entice someone to do something with him, or for him, or to him.

Well, like I said: he is a twisted fuck.

Sometimes I just feel really, really old.

Even when Jay Leno did a "bit" on the guy.... it was not funny so much as it was just sad.

[Guy]

Sounds like he was into some autoerotic asphyxiation with a wierd ass twist/addition...

If he had done it out here in San Francisco, he would be considered normal.:D

Stay safe.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

What is interesting to me is, no other news outlet beside the New York Post shared such detail.
The details were irrelevant, not criminal... meant purely to get a reaction.
The Post is known to "exaggerate" anyway... it is quite possible no other news outlet mentioned the rope tied to the genitals because it may not have been true.
Rupert Murdoch owns FOX News and the NY Post... and he is essentialy at war with CNN.
No one at CNN is going to demand an apology from the Post if they exaggerated because that would just bring more attention to the fact that their man who was busted with drugs.

The Post is a rag.

[Parajuevos]

The Post is known to "exaggerate" anyway... it is quite possible no other news outlet mentioned the rope tied to the genitals because it may not have been true.


One of my patrolmen was booking one of these sick bastards one night and wondered what the leather rope traveling from his head to the back of his pants was. As it turned out, the rope was connected to a "device" which was inserted in the arrestee's fourth point of contact.:eek: Keeping this in mind, it is quite possible that the story is not "exaggerated."

[NightLandNav]

In all fairness to the guy, I don't think he's trying to hide that he's gay.

True, I reckon being known as gay was the last of his worries when he was running around CP in the middle of the night high on Meth with a lariat tied around his privates.

...I agree, and say he'd thrown caution to the wind in that regard a while back.

[Blackheart6]

The details were irrelevant, not criminal... meant purely to get a reaction.


BS. Details are completely relevant. This is not a joke. Sick twisted freak should be fired and deported. However, I am sure all the poofs and their highly paid legal defenders are yucking it up. Sad.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

BS. Details are completely relevant. This is not a joke. Sick twisted freak should be fired and deported. However, I am sure all the poofs and their highly paid legal defenders are yucking it up. Sad.

No.
His having drugs on him is relevant and newsworthy.
The fact that he's gay is not.
Contrary to what some people believe, being gay is not a crime.

Should he be fired for doing drugs? Maybe.

Should he be fired for being gay? No. That's absurd.

[Blackheart6]

No.
His having drugs on him is relevant and newsworthy.
The fact that he's gay is not.
Contrary to what some people believe, being gay is not a crime.

Should he be fired for doing drugs? Maybe.

Should he be fired for being gay? No. That's absurd.

You are giving him a pass on manhood. He is wiggling when he should be squirming. Would you be fired as an operator for using illegal drugs? Is that the example you want set for young Americans. He is abusing his privileges as a foreigner and flaunting it. Caught in possession of meth and possibly not prosecuted? WTF?

Okay, being openly gay is not a crime. And having a dildo in your ass with a cord running from your pecker to your neck in CP after curfew will probably not get you in trouble in NYC. But damn that is disgusting. He will be judged one day.

Again, and worst of all; fuckin puke is from out of town.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

You are giving him a pass on manhood. He is wiggling when he should be squirming. Would you be fired as an operator for using illegal drugs? Is that the example you want set for young Americans. He is abusing his privileges as a foreigner and flaunting it. Caught in possession of meth and possibly not prosecuted? WTF?Court ordered drug counseling for minor first time drug offenders, instead of prison time, is not that unusual. I wouldn't want him flying my plane or operating on me... but lots of jobs offer counseling or rehab instead of firing

... will probably not get you in trouble in NYC.
*sigh*... again with the jealousy of NYC.
:D

[Blackheart6]

*sigh*... again with the jealousy of NYC.
:D

Nothing an airstrike couldn't fix in a jiffy.............:eek:

[Bravo Five Romeo]

Nothing an airstrike couldn't fix in a jiffy.............:eek:

Yeah well... they tried that a few years ago.
We're still here.

[NightLandNav]

Nothing an airstrike couldn't fix in a jiffy.............:eek:

Whoa, hold now Tex.

Joking about a surgical strike on the Ramble is one thing...a little exaggeration is the hallmark of any good joke. But you can't throw in all 5 burrows and expect a chuckle...even in Boston.

"Gay" is fine when it's women, so you can't throw the baby out with the wash based solely on the word itself.
Homofagasapiens are aggravating as fuck, I'll grant you that, but not illegal north of Tenn. ...so they technically fall under the whole free country thing.

I want guns, they want........the point is, "free" requires some compromise between all parties. They get to do what they want, and if they don't come over my yard and do it I won't shoot 'em. See? It works out.

Drug use...that's illegal. The rest is just sick.

[magician]

Goddamn you guys are some funny SOBs.

:)

[Guy]

Goddamn you guys are some funny SOBs.

:)SOB running around doing freaky/illegal shit and reporting/employed for a "major" news outlet is crazy!

If I say some thing stupid/smartass which I've done before all hell breaks loose!:D

Stay safe.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

SOB running around doing freaky/illegal shit and reporting/employed for a "major" news outlet is crazy!
Nah... that's not crazy.

Crazy is Geraldo faking a story in Afghanistan, pretending to be at the site of a battle where Americans died and crying over pieces of equipment on the ground (that he placed there) and pretending to find it and saying it must have belonged to the Americans who died... all whle being hundreds of miles from the battle site.

Then a year later, while embedded during the invasion of Iraq, Geraldo deliberately breaking OPSEC and not only explaining live on TV exactly how the unit he was with was going to attack the Iraqis in front of them, but drawing it on a map for the worldwide TV audience.

How did the network punish him for these offenses?
They gave him his own show.

[Guy]

B5R:

What Heraldo did was wrong! It was NOT illegal?:D

Stay safe.

[magician]

Crazy is Geraldo faking a story in Afghanistan, pretending to be at the site of a battle where Americans died and crying over pieces of equipment on the ground (that he placed there) and pretending to find it and saying it must have belonged to the Americans who died... all whle being hundreds of miles from the battle site.



Holy shit.

I must have missed this one.

Unbelievable.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

B5R:

What Heraldo did was wrong! It was NOT illegal?:D

Stay safe.

True. True.
Though I wonder...
What he did in Afghanistan was deplorable and unethical was, however, legal.
But in Iraq, giving away strategy live on TV after having been briefed by the military (like all other embedded reporters) about the dangers of breaking OPSEC... more specificly, he laid out how US forces were about to attack an Iraqi position, giving the exact location and time, showing on a crude map where the US forces would feint and where the real attack would come from and in what strength... there might be a criminal charge for that. :D

Article 3, Section 3 of the US Constitution defines treason thusly:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

I would say telling the Iraqis our exact plan of attack is giving them aid.

[Guy]

Article 3, Section 3 of the US Constitution defines treason thusly:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.How does this relate to the "possesion of meth"?!?!?:confused:

Stay safe.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

Holy shit.

I must have missed this one.

Unbelievable.

December 6th, 2001

He was over 300 miles from the scene where an errant US bomb killed 3 US troops and Afghan allies. Geraldo walked around the strewn debris (which he had laid out) and said , picking up a canteen, that this could have been from one of the dead Americans, as he held back tears and said a prayer. He referred to where he was standing as hallowed ground because US soldiers had died there. Geraldo does not believe in reporting the story... he believes he is the story and his fake reactions were important.

FOX News lawyers have successfuly removed the video of Geraldo's December 6th report from Afghanistan (as well as his later report from Iraq) whenever it appears on line and denied permission for other news agencies to show it as well.

Since no one can see the video anymore, Geraldo has been able to "re-remember" events. He later said he was mistaken and somehow confused his location with a friendly fire icident that happened near Tora Bora. The problem is the Tora Bora incident he claimed to be confused with happened three days after he aired his December 6th "hallowed ground" story.

There's mention of the Afghanistan incident at the bottom of this article (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/31/iraq/main547019.shtml)

Good short article on Geraldo in Afghanistan from the American Journalism Review (http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=2467)

[Richman]

I never liked Geraldo. This just makes it that much easier to dislike him (to say it politely).

[Typhoon]

The Post is known to "exaggerate" anyway...
That was why I had so much fun reading the Post every day when I was working in the city... :D

[PocketKings]

How have we managed to suck the fun out of this thread?

An effite British marxist/commie pseudo-intellectual reporter gets busted with meth in his pocket, a dildo in his boot, and a rope on his junk.

This is comedy gold people!

[magician]

Good short article on Geraldo in Afghanistan from the American Journalism Review (http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=2467)

That AJR article is excellent. Thanks for that.

I am surprised the Geraldo's bullshit is not enshrined for eternity on YouTube.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

That AJR article is excellent. Thanks for that.

[quote]I am surprised the Geraldo's bullshit is not enshrined for eternity on YouTube.networks have legal department searching YOUTUBE and other video sites for "unauthorized reproduction" of their shows.
I imagine they especially look for videos that make them look bad.
I'm sure FOX news lawyers have it pulled within minutes of it popping up.

[NightLandNav]

After Geraldo's "Hallowed Ground" farce in AStan was unraveled, he was repeatedly busted in NO during Katrina for exaggeration and embellishment...including having a tech throw a large piece of sheet metal into frame behind Geraldo during "high wind"...a clip also no longer available on SueTube. It was mentioned when Geraldo was on the Daily Show. ...A Daily Show episode which crucified Geraldo without much effort.

Point is, if Geraldo tells you it's raining...better go look out the window. ...but punch him in the throat anyway on GP.

[Bravo Five Romeo]

I should have kicked his ass when I had the chance.

[NightLandNav]

I should have kicked his ass when I had the chance.

Let's not start counting up all those fuckers in our lives. ;)

[Offroad]

What amazes me is why anyone even watches Geraldo?????

When your browsing through the channels and come to a low life show, (and there's LOTS of them) you quickly click it away.

They'll rot your brain! :mad:

[magician]

Let's not start counting up all those fuckers in our lives. ;)

Me and Jimmy Shearer were within easy arm's reach of Jesse Jackson one time at the University of Colorado.

Jimmy and I looked at one another and laughed, because were were both thinking the same thing.

:)

[RedDawg_03]

What amazes me is why anyone even watches Geraldo?????

When your browsing through the channels and come to a low life show, (and there's LOTS of them) you quickly click it away.

They'll rot your brain! :mad:

I love those shows. They reconfirm that there are people out there that are more screwed up then I am.....:D