--- description: He was convicted in a Beijing court, in a case that has proved embarrassing for father Jackie, who is an antinarcotics ambassador in China title: China Jails Jackie Chan's Son For Pot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94405b6a700873d0/698778fe2dce01637a9dcda6/453877400.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jackie Chan's Son Jaycee Gets Six Months in a Chinese Jail for Pot by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 9, 2015 8:20 AM CUT  Jackie Chan and his son Jaycee Chan attends a commercial event on April 5, 2008, in Shanghai Jackie Chan and his son Jaycee Chan attends a commercial event on April 5, 2008, in ShanghaiChinaFotoPress/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 9, 2015 8:20 AM CUT Kung-fu movie star Jackie Chan’s son, Jaycee, was sentenced to [six months in prison](http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2015-01/09/c%5F133907929.htm "undefined") on Friday after pleading guilty to marijuana-related charges in a Beijing court. The court convicted Jaycee, 32, of providing a venue for marijuana use and also fined him the equivalent of $326, the state-run Xinhua News reported. The young actor and singer [was arrested](http://time.com/3141944/jackie-chan-jaycee-chan-drugs-china/ "undefined") in August along with Taiwanese actor Ko Chen-tung, and both men admitted to smoking weed themselves. The case has proved an embarrassment for his father Jackie, who in 2009 was made an antinarcotics spokesman by the Chinese police. _Read next:_ [_Jackie Chan’s Son Has Been Detained in a Beijing Drug Bust_](http://time.com/3141944/jackie-chan-jaycee-chan-drugs-china/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3661112/jaycee-jackie-chan-son-drugs-jail-sentence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3661112/jaycee-jackie-chan-son-drugs-jail-sentence/"},"headline":"Jackie Chan's Son Jaycee Gets Six Months in a Chinese Jail for Pot","datePublished":"2015-01-09T08:20:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:25:48.924Z","description":"The case has proved embarrassing for Jackie, who is an antinarcotics ambassador","url":"https://time.com/3661112/jaycee-jackie-chan-son-drugs-jail-sentence/","keywords":["celebrities","Marijuana","Drugs"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94405b6a700873d0/698778fe2dce01637a9dcda6/453877400.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94405b6a700873d0/698778fe2dce01637a9dcda6/453877400.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FILE - Jackie Chan's Son Detained In Beijing On Drugs Charges","caption":"FILE - Jackie Chan's Son Detained In Beijing On Drugs Charges","creditText":"ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3661112/jaycee-jackie-chan-son-drugs-jail-sentence/","name":"Jackie Chan's Son Jaycee Gets Six Months in a Chinese Jail for Pot"}}]}] ```