Tatum O'Neal

Rescue Me series cocreater Peter Tolan says Tatum is expected back on the set despite her June 2008 drug arrest quoted saying "We want to bring her back, and I haven't heard anything about why she wouldn't be available to us" also noting "It's a misdemeanor, so she's not going to do time, and nobody has said to us we can't insure her or anything like that. So I'm assuming she's available to us and it's 'business as usual." Tatum's publicist confirms Peter's remarks.

In June 2008, Tatum was arrested on suspicion of buying crack cocaine from a homeless person. After spending a night in jail, a New York City judge later released her and ordered her to return on July 28.

As of May 2008, Tatum and her boyfriend, architect Ron Castellano, took a "little break." but still picked her up from court. "He's a saint", Tatum says of Ron.