Redmond O’Neal, son of Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett, has been sentenced to a court-ordered two-week rehab program as the result of a drug bust at the home he shares with his father in Los Angeles. Given the long history of drug abuse in this famous family, is two weeks really going to be enough?
What Redmond O’Neal called a “major misunderstanding” is starting to make a little more sense.
The 23-year-old son of Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett, who was arrested along with his dad last month on suspicion of methamphetamine possession, was ordered into a two-week treatment program Wednesday after admitting that he had relapsed.
“You’re a stand-up guy to come here and deal with your problem,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Millington told Redmond, who also checked into rehab in 2004 to treat a heroin addiction. “I want you to stay clean…You better stay clean or the hammer is going to fall.”
An attorney for the O’Neals didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
No criminal charges have been filed against either Redmond or his dad in connection with their Sept. 17 bust at the elder O’Neal’s Malibu home during a routine probation checkup. Officers allegedly found Redmond to be in possession of what looked like meth, as well as a small vial of the stuff in his father’s bedroom.
At the time of their arrest, Redmond was about two months into a three-year probation sentence for DUI and possessing heroin and crystal meth.
Ryan O’Neal has maintained his innocence in the affair, his lawyer telling reporters that his client would no doubt be vindicated.
“Those were not Ryan’s drugs, he doesn’t use drugs, and has nothing to do with them,” attorney Mark Werksman said. “It’s a dangerous assumption for deputies to have arrested Ryan just because he was in proximity to the drugs.”
It certainly would not be unreasonable to assume that Ryan O’Neal was in possession of drugs. The guy is a notorious substance abuser and has passed it on to his children, including adult daughter Tatum O’Neal, who ended up losing custody of her children over her heroin habit. I’d say the best chance young Redmond has of staying clean is to move out of his father’s home and stay in a place where the people around him won’t be enabling him. Two weeks in rehab is a joke.
Redmond O’Neal is shown outside the home he shares with his dad on 09/18/08. Credit: Fame Pictures
Here’s a link to a really good documentary by National Geographic on meth: http://www.surfthechannel.com/show/documentaries/Ice_Age_-_Worlds_Most_Dangerous_Drug.html
This boy needs some real intervention.
I feel so bad for this kid. Two weeks isn’t enough but you never know. Maybe he should get far away from his parents for starters.
Best wishes to him.
His style of dressing shows that he self-identifies with the drug culture.
Very sad all the way around.
i dont post comments, but i find this to be outrageous. If he were a normal everyday person, he would have had the “hammer” down on him already. because he is the son of a celebrity, he gets another stint at rehab, and for only 2 weeks? he was already on probation! It just proves that as long as you have money, you can buy justice. this is sickening.
Agree Fluffy 🙄
“At the time of their arrest, Redmond was about two months into a three-year probation sentence for DUI and possessing heroin and crystal meth.”
WTF 😯
Where I live, if you are caught with drugs on probation for another drug arrest, you go to jail.
You don’t get to pass GO or get off with two weeks of rehab. It’s the law. This ‘kid’ needs a kick in the ass and fast, and so does the judge.
Tess, his style of dress? Really? 🙄
He’s been on probation for two weeks, violates it, and the judge says “you’re a stand up guy”? He should be in jail for a probation violation as would anyone else who violates. It’s unfair and ultimately it doesn’t help him feel the consequences of his actions.
Two Weeks rehab? If I remember he’s already been several times for much longer. He’s going to need a two YEAR program to really make a difference.
Poor kid, he sure got the ugly end of that gene pool.
Tess…I totally agree with you. That said, why do I think he’s kind of cute.
He should be in jail like any other person. He is not very handsome. He looks 80 years old
He looks like a f*cked up Prince Harry.