Actress Tatum in crack scandal

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OSCAR-WINNING actress Tatum O’Neal has been arrested after buying crack cocaine near her home in Manhattan, police said today.

44-year-old Tatum was seen buying crack and has been charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance.

O'Neal initially told police she was “doing research for a part,” according to New York police.

O’Neal, daughter of actor Ryan O’Neal, became the youngest person to win an Oscar for her role in 1973’s “Paper Moon.”

She chronicled her addiction in her memoir, “A Paper Life”.

O’Neal married tennis star John McEnroe in 1986 and had three children before they divorced in 1992.