Robert Downey Jr. describes year in prison, says you could 'feel the evil in the air'
foxnews.comRobert Downey Jr. described his experience behind bars in a new interview. The "Oppenheimer" actor spent time in prison in the '90s and after his release was later sentenced to federal prison for skipping out on probation after being arrested while driving under the influence.
Downey served one year of his three-year prison sentence. "I'm gonna try to give you the flashcards: I'm in court, I'm being over-sentenced by an angry judge, and at some point he said something in Latin," Downey Jr.
recalled during the "Armchair Expert" podcast. "I thought he was casting a spell on me." "Two weeks later, I'm in a place called Delano, which is a receiving center where they decide where you're going to go.
Arguably the most dangerous place I've ever been in my life because nobody is designated. If they're a level 1, 2, 3 or 4 criminal, [everyone's there]," he said. "You could just feel the evil in the air." "It was kind of like just being in a really bad neighborhood, and there was no opportunity there; there was only threats," Downey added. "So, yes, everyone is going to take your wallet, so watch it." The "Iron Man" star also recalled his first moment in the prison facility. "Walking onto the yard that you're gonna be doing more than a year on for the first time, the closest thing I can associate it to is being sent to a distant planet where there is no way home until the planets align...," the actor explained.
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