Jon Bon Jovi's daughter: drug charges dropped

Jon Bon Jovi's daughter: drug charges dropped

by: Mike Fleeman
11/15/2012 at 04:40 PM EST

Jon Bon Jovi's daughter, Stephanie Rose Bongiovi, no longer faces drug charges because of New York's law applying to overdose cases in which there was a call for help, authorities said Thursday.

Bongiovi, 19, and Ian S. Grant, 21, both students at Hamilton College in Upstate New York, were arrested this week on drug possession charges after officers found heroin, marijuana and drug paraphernalia in her dorm room, according to police.

On Thursday, the misdemeanor charges against both were dropped because of a 2011 amendment to the New York penal code exempting people ...