Airport police took Sorkin to the Burbank jail, where he was charged with possession of a controlled substance. This is the second embarrassing incident involving drugs for NBC this year. In recent years he has married, and he and his wife had a child last year. News of Sorkin's arrest on drug charges came as a surprise on the set of the show.
Close associates say nothing in the writer's recent behavior indicated a relapse into drug use.
He hasn't missed a minute of work. Sorkin will be arraigned on the charges on April 30. News Jobs AP Shopping Archives Entertain.