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  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Coca Cola Bottling Heir's Pot Business Trip Ends in Arrests

    Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Coca Cola Bottling Heir's Pot Business Trip Ends in Arrests

    The actor’s exact role in the chain of events remains largely unexplained.

    Stop us if you’ve heard this one: the Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Coca-Cola bottling company heir Alki David, and Dish Network co-founder Chase Ergen land in the Caribbean—on a plane carrying more than $1.3 million in cannabis and CBD products.

    But their alleged mission—to “develop legal cannabis businesses” on the island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, which recently legalized marijuana for private use—did not go as planned. Talks with the prime minister broke down, and Ergen and David were arrested at the airport, Vanity Fair reported.

    Meyers’ role in the trip remains unclear. According to Alki David, the actor’s wife and mother-in-law, who were also reportedly aboard the plane, were cavity searched during the party’s detainment.

    David, whose family business, Leventis-David Group, owns the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, which is the third-largest international bottler in the world.

    He also owns Swissx, which manufactures a wide array of CBD products ranging from vape pens to sleep and beauty products and sexual enhancement supplements. With Ergen—the co-founder of Dish Network and EchoStar, among other companies—David formed a consortium that sought to develop a cannabis industry in eastern Caribbean nations, including St. Kitts-Nevis, Dominica and Antigua.

    On May 7, a private jet carrying David, Ergen, Meyers and members of his family, along with a reported 5,000 cannabis plants, seeds and CBD oil products flew to St. Kitts-Nevis.

    According to a press release by David, the trip was intended to “work with the government, the courts, the banks, the business sector and the farmers to develop a fair system that creates thousands of jobs on the island and uses Swissx’s international distribution network to make St. Kitts-Nevis cannabis products among the most sought after in the world.”

    A post on Facebook by the St. Kitts-Nevis police—which has been taken down—noted that when the group attempted to leave after the alleged failure of the talks with Prime Minister Timothy Harris, David and Ergen were arrested.

    David had been charged with “possession with intent to supply, possession of controlled drugs and importation of a controlled drug into the federation.”

    As The Cut noted, marijuana is decriminalized for adult use on the island, but bringing it into the country requires special permission. Ergen was also reportedly arrested for drug possession—specifically, ketamine—which he claimed was used to treat bipolar disorder. 

    David was eventually freed after posting $300,000 after a court appearance and left the country soon after. In Swissx’s press release—marked by the hashtag #FreeAlkiDavid—David said that he and Ergen plan to file lawsuits against Prime Minister Harris and the St. Kitts-Nevis government. 

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  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers Apologizes For Airline Incident: Alcohol Doesn't Suit Me

    Jonathan Rhys Meyers Apologizes For Airline Incident: Alcohol Doesn't Suit Me

    Meyers revealed that his recent, highly-publicized inflight trouble was the result of a lapse in his sobriety. 

    Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers issued a statement in the wake of a verbal altercation with his wife during a flight that appears to have been fueled by alcohol consumption.

    The Tudors actor, who has a history of substance-related issues, apologized for the incident, which culminated in his detainment by police at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on July 8, 2018.

    Meyers, who had allegedly been drinking prior to the incident with his wife, and according to media reports, attempted to smoke an e-cigarette in the plane’s bathroom, but was stopped by a flight attendant.

    Meyers’ wife, Mara, also issued a statement on Instagram in which she thanked the public for their “compassion on this ongoing battle with addiction we are in (sic).”

    According to TMZ, sources reported that Meyers had been drinking on the flight from Miami to Los Angeles, which prompted an argument with his wife that was allegedly “laced with profanities” and proved upsetting to other passengers.

    Meyers then left his seat for the plane’s bathroom while smoking the e-cigarette, which is a federal violation onboard a flight.

    Meyers reportedly stopped smoking after being asked by the flight attendant; upon landing, Meyers was detained by law enforcement, which also contacted the FBI over the vaping incident.

    Both the argument and the smoking issues appear to have been settled without charges against Meyers.

    Speaking on Larry King Now, Meyers took responsibility for the incident, which he said was prompted by a series of challenges including travel fatigue—Meyers and his wife had been aboard a flight from Peru prior to the departure from Miami, and were traveling with their one-year-old son, Wolf, who was teething.

    Meyers also claimed that the airline had “given away their tickets” prior to departure, which added to the stress.

    Upon boarding the American Airlines flight, Meyers said that he “very stupidly decided to order a drink,” which he said “doesn’t suit me and I had been sober for a long time.”

    The drink also sparked the argument with his wife, after which he said he “felt that mistake and got upset” before taking out the e-cigarette.

    Meyers added that he was upset by his behavior towards his wife and its impact on the other passengers, to whom he apologized. He also noted that the Los Angeles police had been “incredibly kind” to him during their conversation after the flight.

    In her Instagram post, Mara Meyers said that the incident was a result of “anger issues” that the couple had actually traveled to South America to address through holistic work. She said that the situation was “out of his character,” and that Meyers was feeling “sorry for any remote disrespect afforded to me, attendants, onlookers or officers.”

    She concluded by thanking readers for their compassion during what she called her husband’s “ongoing battle” with addiction.

    Meyers, whose credits include Velvet Goldmine, Match Point and an Emmy-nominated turn as Elvis Presley in the 2005 miniseries Elvis, has sought help through rehabilitation on several occasions since 2007, including a recent stint in 2017.

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