After repeatedly missing court order drug tests, Downey was sentenced to a three year prison stint in 1999. He only ended up serving a year in California substance abuse treatment facility and state prison,. So wait, but he was in state prison for a year? Well, I don't think he was. Hold on. How did you get that there? That's what you said. Well, they get flying out. They get flown out first class and put up in a hotel. Why would they not? What could be better than.