Fonda’s Daughter Arrested in New York on Drug Charge

The daughter of actress Jane Fonda was arrested Friday on charges of loitering for the purpose of purchasing drugs, disorderly conduct and obstructing governmental administration, police said.

Vanessa Vadim, 21, daughter of Fonda and her former husband, film maker Roger Vadim, was arrested with Thomas Feegal, 22. He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, two envelopes believed to contain heroin, and a hypodermic needle, said police Sgt. Peter Sweeney.

Vadim told police she was a student at Brown University and Feegal said he attended New York University, Sweeney said.

A third person, Manuel Rivera, 30, a resident of a city men’s shelter, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, an envelope believed to contain heroin, and a hypodermic needle.

Narcotics officers saw Vadim and Feegal being led into a known drug location in Lower Manhattan, Sweeney said.

Vadim was in New York to attend the premiere of her mother’s new movie, “Old Gringo,” which opened here Friday. She attended a benefit screening of the film with her mother on Thursday.

Steve Rivers, a spokesman for Fonda, said the actress would have no immediate comment on her daughter’s arrest.