Richard Quest, CNN Reporter, Arrested On Drug Charges

***UPDATE***
The New York Post reports on new, lurid details regarding the arrest of CNN reporter Richard Quest.

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 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 New York Times' City Room blog reports that CNN International business and travel reporter Richard Quest has been arrested on drug charges:

Mr. Quest was arrested early Friday morning after being escorted out of Central Park for violating the park curfew, a law enforcement official said Friday. The park is closed from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m.

The police noticed Mr. Quest at 64th Street and West Drive at about 3:40 a.m., the official said. As he was being escorted out, he volunteered, "I have meth in my pocket," according to an official briefed on the case. The police searched him and recovered a small amount of methamphetamine in a Ziploc bag.

Not sure who Richard Quest is? Check this video out below:

Related: Thought Process Flowchart: CNN's Richard Quest [236.com]

Comments

[gakabani]

05:47 PM on 04/22/2008

This is it for Mr Quest! CNN is unforgivin­g, I will miss you and your travel documentar­ies.

[Luca]

01:55 PM on 04/22/2008

Well, I guess this is what you call 'hope on a rope.'

[racetoinfinity]

01:19 AM on 04/22/2008

From the NY POST article: "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."

The understate­ment of the month.

[Amalek]

11:55 PM on 04/21/2008

Boy CNN is going after the Republican audience big time. First Quest in Central Park with Republican paraphenal­ia, then Tony Snow.

What's next? Mark Foley sponsors a special on managing your teenage boy?

[Rainy68]

12:22 AM on 04/22/2008

You gotta watch the video!! Rope trick!!! How prophetic!­! ROFLMAO!

[WeNeedSomethingBetter]

11:34 PM on 04/21/2008

a sex toy inside of his boot, and a small bag of methamphet­amine in his left jacket pocket.

Is this guy a CNN reporter, or a republican congressma­n?

[NtFourSale]

10:51 PM on 04/21/2008

Who knew? I thought he was a Democrat.

[Bystander]

04:31 PM on 04/21/2008

Poor guy was probably high on drugs and thought he was in San Francisco looking for 3P.

[ibsteve2u]

12:32 PM on 04/21/2008

Ya seen the size of them squirrels in Central Park lately? Ya about have to police up yer nuts...

[charlesvan5000]

11:12 AM on 04/21/2008

It certainly took The Huffington Post long enough to post the more salacious details about Mr. Quest's walk in the park. Kind of hypocritic­al if you ask me. Then again, I guess it's a touchy subject for Huffington and for the media elites as a whole.

[jbsouth]

02:10 PM on 04/21/2008

Yeah......­......caus­e Obama is a dopehead too. What is Huffpo's point.

[DannyEastVillage]

02:47 PM on 04/21/2008

huh?

[dora rice]

05:47 AM on 04/21/2008

the arrest probably saved his life.

[Harrier]

01:41 AM on 04/21/2008

Definately gay.

[Mutineer]

07:29 PM on 04/21/2008

And your point is? He's never denied being gay.

[S1m0n]

01:25 AM on 04/21/2008

Poor bastard.

[wadenelson1]

10:59 PM on 04/20/2008

Not me, bro. I want the Formula One Nazi girls and the spanking video, not some cub reporter with rope.

[cartach]

09:50 PM on 04/20/2008

I would think that Central park is no place to look for sex between males,espe­cially in the middle of the night. Far too isolated and dangerous. The use of airport public washrooms during daylight hours would be much more preferable­,providing the seclusion of two partial walls and a door, free access, virtual anonymity while right in the middle of a public gathering place, close proximity to the public in case of an emergency, piped in music in some cases providing a soothing environmen­t, come with wash-up facilities and the chances of getting caught are no more,no less than in Centtral Park. . Finally,th­ey're the preferred stomping grounds of, and still come highly reccomende­d by gay Republican Senators and Congressme­n ,despite the recent arrest of one of their brothers.

[JonGee]

07:11 PM on 04/20/2008

A wandering anchor named Quest
Heard the words "You're under arrest!"
"I've meth a zip-lock"
"And a toy in my felt sock"
They'll help him in rehab, I guess

[racetoinfinity]

01:12 AM on 04/22/2008

A wandering anchor named Quest
Heard the words, "You're under arrest!"
"I've meth ziplocked,
"And a toy in my sock
He'll get help in rehab, I guess.

[JiminNC]

03:56 AM on 04/22/2008

A wandering anchor named Quest
Heard the words, "You're under arrest!"
"I've meth ziplocked,
"And a toy in my sock
He can use them in rehab, I guess.