Gore's Son Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges

Tuesday's Frat Boy News Pause for the Cause

Harvard University (compiled by IOL)

The son of former vice-president Al Gore pleaded guilty on Monday to possessing marijuana and other drugs, and was sentenced to an 18-month stint in a drug diversion program.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Jacob Jager said that the plea would be withdrawn and the charges expunged if Gore completes the program.

Al Gore III, 24, was pulled over by police July 4 for allegedly speeding at more than 160km/h on a Los Angeles area highway in a Toyota Prius. After searching the car, deputies said they discovered a small amount of marijuana and a variety of medications like Xanax and Valium for which he had no prescription.

Gore pleaded guilty to two felony counts of drug possession, two counts of drug possession without a prescription and one count of marijuana possession, the district attorney's office said.

Gore, the youngest of Al and Tipper Gore's four children, was previously arrested for marijuana possession in Maryland in 2003 when he was a student at Harvard University. Gore completed substance abuse counselling to settle those charges.