Ryan O'Neal And Son Redmond Arrested On Drug Charges

LOS ANGELES — Ryan O'Neal and his son were arrested Wednesday morning after authorities said they found drugs at the actor's Malibu home during a routine check associated with Redmond O'Neal's probation.

Investigators suspect both men had methamphetamine, but the substances still need to be tested, Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

Los Angeles Sheriff's deputies and probation officers went to O'Neal's home for a routine check of Redmond O'Neal, who is serving three years of probation after pleading guilty in June to drug possession charges.

Whitmore said in addition to drugs that deputies suspect belong to Redmond O'Neal, deputies also found narcotics in Ryan O'Neal's living area. Both men were released after posting $10,000 bail and could be charged with felony possession of narcotics.

Ryan O'Neal, 67, was nominated for a best actor Oscar for "Love Story." Redmond, 23, is his son from a relationship with actress Farrah Fawcett.

O'Neal had two children with his first wife, Joanna Moore: actor Griffin O'Neal and actress Tatum O'Neal, his co-star in the 1973 movie "Paper Moon," for which she won an Oscar for best supporting actress.

Tatum O'Neal, the youngest actress to win an Oscar and who now has a recurring role on FX's series "Rescue Me," pleaded guilty in July to disorderly conduct in connection with an arrest on suspicion of cocaine possession in New York.

Ryan O'Neal was arrested last February on suspicion of assaulting his son, Griffin, but charges were never filed.

A call to Ryan O'Neal's agent, David Shapira, was not immediately returned Wednesday morning.

Comments

[smoothdogie]

this entire story gives me a headache..­....do you think i could get some of those pills that cindy stole from her charity?

[Fudgefase]

Is that guy the president of Spain?

[vippy]

Exactly, get the same lawyer and get off the drug charges. Fair is fair!

[TchoupitoulasCanal]

You know....it takes skill to be arrested in your own home. Note to the O'Neal's next time....if you have some junk on you and you KNOW that the probation officer is coming by for a check, you may want to do one of the following:

(1) Give it to Gary Busey
(2) Find somebody who is working at AIG and Lehman Bros who will be looking for you to dull the pain sometime very soon
(3) Perhaps just not have the drugs anyway? Just a thought...­....

[surfcitysteven]

And they called it a paper moon, sailing over a cardboard sea...

[scordsdu]

Neither look like Sheriff Joe Arpio's poster child for meth! I wonder who's lying.

[zizyphus]

So leave them alone. Many, many soldiers in WWII in all countries were given methedrine. After they got out of the service, they came home and got Rx for benzadrine or dexadrine, popular rec drugs in the fifties. JFK had his doctor shoot him up every day. It is habit forming, and bad in excess.

The government has made a sport out of demonizing various drugs over the years. All it has done is create a gigantic underground market for them.

We need to look to the harm reduction models of Europe to move toward rational drug policy.

[Danny]

Let me guess, they are liberals and they had a little pot between them. And there are all those underworked "security" officers about, having to account for being paid for something ....

[gifu]

No, they are humans, oh righteous one. How "libera;" has anything to do with this is beyond me.....was Rush Limbaugh "liberalized" during his pill popping years before he was busted??

[dm92]

Nor was Cindy McCain liberal when she was popping pills she had taken from a charity she founded - get off the high horse!

[hydrocap]

It's called rehab, gentlemen,and perhaps now would be a good time to look into it. Put the pipe down and find a meeting.

[arevolutionofone]

Rehab is for quitters.

[Theda]

Redmond has been in rehab about 14 times and he's only 23. He's done them all....Haz­elton, Bette Ford Clinic, AA, etc.

[GOVSUX]

DON"T F___ WITH METH! IT WILL MESS YOU UP!!!

[gifu]

Californication strikes again.....­..

[UserLoser]

What is a 67 year old man doing crank for his death wish or is it because it was his house or what just seems funny to me I don't know.

[BroMan]

At least Redmond was at home - in Malibu no less. I know of a more than few instances where people are in prison for less.

[brooklyncitizen]

Ugh....the whole family.

[Eric8869]

Drugs mean never having to say you're sorry -lol

[sklfcats]

The O Neals and the Spears should trade notes. . . .

[NatteringNabobs]

The Republicans should snap them up.

Its a private matter.

lmao...Ric­h and famous rarely meet bright and level headed.

[larry278]

Another case of family values that the fundies constantly jabber about.

[brooklyncitizen]

Hey show compasion.­..it's tragic and especially when you are as old as he is.