Ryan O'Neal, son, arrested in drug sweep at home

ap.google.com ^ | 09/17/2008 | By ANTHONY McCARTNEY

[Red Badger]

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 probation check. 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 his son Redmond, 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 remain in custody on $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.

[Red Badger]

It runs in the family, apparently....

[DoughtyOne]

I’m just glad my happiness isn’t dependent on tobacco, alcohol, or drugs.

[DJ MacWoW]

Actually I find this sad. The last I knew, Ryan O’Neal was on the TV show Bones and it was he first time I had seen him in anything that I liked. Meaning that I normally can’t stand him. Or his offspring.

[Inyo-Mono]

I guess this means that now we won’t get to her his anti-Palin rant.

[palomonte]

drugs means never having to say you’re sorry.

[palomonte]

drugs means never having to say you’re sorry.

[Inyo-Mono]

I guess this means that now we won’t get to hear his anti-Palin rant.

[xDGx]

On February 4, 2007, actor Ryan O'Neal, 65, was arrested in Los Angeles and charged with assault with a deadly weapon and negligent discharge of a firearm during an altercation between O'Neal and his 42-year-old son Griffin. According to an interview with the Los Angeles Times and O'Neal, Griffin "grazed him four or five times" with the fireplace poker, ultimately hitting his girlfriend, JoAnne Berry in the head. O'Neal then went to his room and got his gun, then fired a shot at the bannister in attempt to frighten Griffin, who was running towards him. After posting a $50,000 bond, O'Neil was released from jail.

[Red Badger]

You must be a Baptist..............;^0

[Puppage]

Looks more like Lyle Lovett's kid....

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Doing research for their new movies, apparently.

[CholeraJoe]

drugs means never having to say you’re sorry.

Until you get to Step 9, then it's a b*tch.

[EEDUDE]

“I’m just glad my happiness isn’t dependent on tobacco, alcohol, or drugs.”

You should be.

Addiction is a nasty business and everyone around the addict, including the addict himself, suffers immensely.

[Red Badger]

Looks like the next Batman movie Joker.......No makeup needed....

[gunnedah]

Is that one of the homes Obama visited out there yesterday?

[palomonte]

John McEnroe?

[GOP Poet]

O’Neil Family Meth Addiction . . . ouch.

[palomonte]

John McEnroe?

[Red Badger]

I dunno, did Obama need some stash?......

[ravingnutter]

No drugs or tobacco here either, but my sanity depends on the alcohol...after work, of course.

[DoughtyOne]

Oh I’m sure there will be a reason forthcoming why O’Neil’s problems are exacerbated by the right. Personal responsibility isn’t a strong suit of those on the left.

[Loyolas Mattman]

Or Dale Earnhardt, Jr. circa 2000.

[reagan_fanatic]

Looks like he should be skipping along in a green suit with a pipe in his mouth singing about his Lucky Charms.

[Puppage]

Or Dale Earnhardt, Jr. circa 2000

Good call!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

A kid like that's got everything going for him, and he chooses to piss it away.

Literally.

[DoughtyOne]

I’ll drink some beer from time to time, but I go for months without it and life is just fine.

[gunnedah]

Probaly just being sociable!

[DoughtyOne]

I shouldn’t mislead people. I do drink beer from time to time, but I go for as long as a year or more without it. Live is still good.

I generally agree with your comments.

[abb]

[DoughtyOne]

Now look what I started... LOL

I drink beer too from time to time, but it’s far from a regular occurrence.

[EEDUDE]

“I do drink beer from time to time, but I go for as long as a year or more without it. Live is still good.”

That’s the way it’s supposed to be. Enjoy!

[Secret Agent Man]

Bush’s fault.

I think this has taken the place of the Keving Bacon game.

[Just another Joe]

You must be a Baptist..............;^0

Or a Nazarite. ;^)

[Publius6961]

Addiction is a nasty business and everyone around the addict, including the addict himself, suffers immensely.

Oh yeah! Really.

The last time I ran out of cigarettes for two days I went postal.

I guess you caught the TV report?

[Clintonfatigued]

Damn, that’s some family. All of this guy’s children (from ex-wives Joanna Moore, Leigh-Taylor Young, & Farrah Fawcett) have had drug problems. But this really floors me, a 67 y/o man taking meth.

[EEDUDE]

“I guess you caught the TV report?”

Uh, what report would that be?

[cquiggy]

I sure hope they check the homes of Barbara Streisand, P Diddy, Jeanene Garafolo, Matt Damon, Rosie O’Donnel, and Gina Gershon. They all sound like they have been using some drugs recently.

[TheBattman]

HEY!!! Watch it!!!!

[Right Wing Assault]

It’s nice to see a dad and his kid sharing the same hobby. Keeps them close. Maybe they’ll be in the same cell!

[Mila]

" All of this guy’s children (from ex-wives Joanna Moore, Leigh-Taylor Young, & Farrah Fawcett) have had drug problems."

I thought his son Patrick, by Leigh-Taylor Young,was pretty clean. He's a sportscaster for Fox Los Angeles. Didn't know that he had also fought the demons. Ryan is in remission from chronic myelogenous leukemia, if he's fooling with drugs like this, he's pretty foolish.

[JohnBovenmyer]

The last I knew, Ryan O’Neal was on the TV show Bones...

Where oddly enough he plays the part of a former bank robber who is in jail for a murder he did commit and is also plays the father of a convicted felon (Bones's brother.) Excellent casting! Maybe they can arrange to film cameos of him without having to spend for fake prison sets or wardrobes.

That said, I too like Bones and had finally enjoyed Ryan O'Neal's acting with this particular lovable rogue character. I shall save my weakly shadenfreude for alGore, who's carbon trading firm was administered via Lehman Brothers!

[DJ MacWoW]

I can't believe how good O'Neal is in that role.

I shall save my weakly shadenfreude for alGore, who's carbon trading firm was administered via Lehman Brothers!

LOL!!!

[mountainbunny]

Until you get to Step 9, then it's a b*tch.

George Costanza: Instead of an apology, he was be-boppin' and scattin' all over me!

Seinfeld, Episode 9.9, The Apology *pops to the Wiki*

[Clintonfatigued]

Patrick did turn out better than the others. It’s also notable that of all of Ryan O’Neal’s children, Patrick O’Neal has had the least to do with his father.

[Ezekiel]

Looks like he should be skipping along in a green suit with a pipe in his mouth singing about his Lucky Charms.

Hmmm, can't say I see a resemblance.

[Mila]

"It’s also notable that of all of Ryan O’Neal’s children, Patrick O’Neal has had the least to do with his father."

Yes, that little fact didn't escape me either.

[Impy]

When Tatum O’Neal was busted (last year?) she was just doing research for a movie.....The Tatum O’Neal Story.