Manhattan prosecutors reduced charges against a man accused of dealing drugs to the son of tennis ace John McEnroe after lab results revealed the six plastic bags of “cocaine” were actually baking soda.
Niro Meneses, 22, now faces misdemeanor possession and misdemeanor sale of a fake controlled substance, prosecutors announced Monday in Manhattan Criminal Court.
He and Kevin McEnroe, 27, were busted July 15 after cops spotted a suspicious exchange on an East Village street corner — mere blocks from where his drug-abusing mom, actress Tatum O’Neal, was arrested for scoring crack and cocaine from a vagrant in 2008.
Officers allegedly found cocaine on Meneses, and cocaine and prescription drugs, including oxycodone and morphine pills, on McEnroe, court papers show.