Dick Quest

The park used to be such a nice place to take a stroll.

CNN personality Richard Quest was busted in Central Park in the early morning with a bag of methamphetamines in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot.

Quest was arrested at around 3:40 a.m. after a cop spotted him and another man inside the park near 64th Street. The criminal complaint against Quest noted the park was closed at the time - something Quest should have clearly known because of all the signs saying "Park Closed 1 a.m. to 6 a.m." According to the New York Post, "it wasn't immediately clear what the rope was for".

Are you kidding? With a sex toy and meth, having a rope tied to your junk is hard to figure out?

He was charged with loitering and criminal possession of a controlled substance. His unusual get-up didn't lead to a lewdness charge because he wasn't exposing himself, a police source said. Quest's unidentified companion was given a summons for not carrying any identification.

"Mr. Quest didn't realize that the park had a curfew," said his lawyer. He was simply "returning to his hotel with friends."

Quest agreed to undergo six months of drug counseling in return for an "adjournment in contemplation of dismissal," which means the misdemeanor charges against him will be dropped and the case sealed if he completes his drug program and stays out of trouble - like not having his crank tied to his neck while planning on getting high and putting things in offices.

Quest, known for his hollering antics and stunts on the cable news network and its international counterpart, can now be known for kinky, drug fueled gay sex. Now true to his official CNN bio, he is, as the network calls him "one of the most instantly recognizable members of the CNN team". And to think he was once reportedly offered a position for the English-language version of the Al Jazeera network, but turned it down because being gay and Jewish, it would not be a good fit.