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Article: Yannick Noah doesn't understand the fuss about his son's arrest
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- May 27, 2008
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Former French Open champion Yannick Noah doesn't think his son Joakim's arrest for possession of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol is a big deal.
Chicago Bulls forward Joakim Noah was arrested Sunday in Gainesville, Florida, after an officer spotted him on a sidewalk holding a plastic cup. During a search at the station, officers found marijuana in his pocket.
"I don't understand all that fuss for just drinking a beer on the street," Yannick Noah said Tuesday at the French Open.
The elder Noah won the title at Roland Garros in 1983. He created a sensation a few years before that ...