Redmond O’Neal Sentenced To One Year Of In-Patient Rehab

Redmond O’Neal is heading back to rehab.

The son of actor Ryan O’Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett, who was caught driving with illegal drugs and a handgun in Santa Monica earlier this month, pleaded no contest to charges of heroin and marijuana possession, as well as possession of a handgun, on Thursday.

He was subsequently sentenced to a year in a live-in rehabilitation program.

“Redmond is grateful for the opportunity to receive additional intensive treatment,” his lawyer, Richard Pintal, told Radar Online, which first reported the news.

Redmond was arrested on Aug. 2 in Santa Monica.

A spokesperson for the Santa Monica Police Department previously confirmed Redmond was pulled over at 8:45 AM on Aug. 2, for failing to stop at a red left turn arrow at Lincoln and Olympic.

Redmond was pulled over at the 600 block of Olympic Drive, not too far from the police department.

A motor officer determined O’Neal was on probation, and therefore he had consent to search him and the vehicle he was driving.

The officer found a controlled substance believed to be heroin in the car.

O’Neal has a history of drug problems. Previously, he was arrested for possession of heroin and methamphetamine and, in a separate incident, possession of methamphetamine.

Sad, really. I wonder if he will ever get his act together?

O’Neal is featured in the reality show Ryan and Tatum: The O’Neals, currently airing on the Oprah Winfrey Network.