Pubdate: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 Source: Newsday (NY) Copyright: 2001 Newsday Inc. Contact: 235 Pinelawn Rd., Melville NY 11747 Fax: (516)843-2986 Website: http://www.newsday.com/homepage.htm Forum: http://www.newsday.com/forums/forums.htm Author: Melanie Lefkowitz ACTOR ARRESTED IN DRUG RAID 'All My Children' Star Faces Charges In a turn worthy of daytime drama, a veteran soap-opera actor was arrested yesterday morning for selling cocaine in a seedy downtown club, police said. Michael Nader, who has played Dimitri Marick on "All My Children" since 1991, was arrested along with 23 others during a drug raid, according to police. Investigators said Nader, 56, of East 10th Street, allegedly sold $20 worth of cocaine early yesterday in the illegal East Village social club. Nader said he was sick upon arrest, police said, and was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center for evaluation. He was awaiting arraignment last night. Police said the predawn raid was the result of an ongoing investigation by the Manhattan South Narcotics unit. Police began making arrests at the unnamed club, located at 310 E. Second St., at 6:15 a.m. Nader and four others are facing charges of criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony, while 19 men and women likely will be charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. Nader was arrested in Suffolk County in August, 1997, for drunk driving. He was charged with driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest and endangering the welfare of a child, because his teenage daughter was in the car. The disposition of those charges could not be ascertained yesterday. At the time, it reportedly took three police officers to restrain Nader, who became incensed when told he was being arrested. Yesterday, police said, he was calm and cooperative with officers, and informed them that he was a star on daytime television before he said he wasn't feeling well. Zachary Flax, the lawyer who represented Nader in 1997, said he had not yet been contacted by Nader and was not aware of the incident. He would not comment on the disposition of the 1997 case. Prior to his role as Dimitri, who was married to the soap character played by Susan Lucci, Nader portrayed Farnsworth "Dex" Dexter on "Dynasty" from 1983 to 1989. He got his start playing small parts in beach movies with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon, and appeared regularly on Sally Field's 1960s series, "Gidget." - --- MAP posted-by: Josh Sutcliffe