CNN's Richard Quest Enters Rehab After Central Park Arrest

CNN's Richard Quest has gone into rehab following his arrest in Central Park last week with a rope tied around his neck and genitals and a bag of meth in his pocket.

CNN issued the following statement: "At this time, CNN's primary concern is for his health and wellbeing. We look forward to Richard returning to CNN International."

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Kinky Details Emerge in Richard Quest Arrest

On Saturday, the New York Post added a few details to the report on CNN reporter Richard Quest's early Friday morning arrest:

"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."

As the result of a hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court, the misdemeanor charges against Quest will be dropped after he undergoes six months of drug counseling, which will lead to an "adjournment in contemplation of dismissal."

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CNN's Richard Quest Arrested in Central Park on Drug Charge [tr]

CNN's Richard Quest Arrested in Central Park on Drug Charge

Richard Quest, the host of CNN's "Business Traveler" and "Quest" and an international correspondent for the network, is being arraigned today on a misdemeanor drug possession charge after an overnight arrest in New York's Central Park:

"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."

Quest, who is gay and British, began his career at the BBC, and joined CNN in 2001.

AFTER THE JUMP, one of Quest's "Quest" segments...