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Robert Downey Jr.'s 20-year-old son Indio was arrested for cocaine possession in West Hollywood over the weekend. Seeing as his dad has had a very public battle with both cocaine and heroin over the years, this is pretty bad news!

Indio Downey was riding in the passenger seat of a car around 2pm on Sunday when cops drove up next to the vehicle and noticed the passenger was smoking something out of a pipe, according to TMZ. A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy pulled over the car, did a search and allegedly found cocaine in Indio's possession. Indio was arrested, taken to jail and charged with possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia, though it's not known how much of the drug he had on him.

Robert Downey Jr. said in a statement on Monday:
    "Unfortunately there's a genetic component to addiction and Indio has likely inherited it. Also, there is a lot of family support and understanding, and we're all determined to rally behind him and help him become the man he's capable of being. We're grateful to the Sheriff's department for their intervention, and believe Indio can be another recovery success story instead of a cautionary tale."


Indio posted $10,000 bail and was released after midnight on Sunday.