Robert Downey Jr. is flying high as Hollywood’s “Iron Man,” but 14 years ago he was Inmate Number P50522, a drug addict sentenced to serve three years at California’s super-tough Corcoran State Prison.
Sadly, his son Indio, 20, faces the same fate. He’s been charged with felony drug possession after a cop allegedly saw him using a cocaine pipe on June 29. His arraignment has been delayed until he can complete his rehab this month. Now sources say that the actor is doing everything he can to ensure that his son avoids the same cycle of addiction and incarceration that he battled.
“The last thing Robert wants is for Indio to end up like him,” said a source close to Downey, who topped the Forbes magazine list of highest earning actors for the second consecutive year, banking $75 million since 2013, the same as the previous year. “He almost didn’t make it out alive!”