Ryan O’Neal and his son arrested on suspicion of narcotics possession

Father and son mug shots

Ryan O’Neal and his son Redmond were being booked on suspicion of narcotics possession this morning after a probation search at the actor’s Malibu home, authorities said. The Sheriff’s Department says it was doing a probation search involving Redmond O’Neal at his father’s Malibu home when deputies found the two in possession of methamphetamine. Police found Redmond O’Neal in possession of methamphetamine while a vial of the drug was found in Ryan O’Neal’s bedroom, said a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s spokesman.

The father and son will be held in lieu of $10,000 bail, he said.

Redmond, whose mother is actress Farrah Fawcett has long history of drug abuse.  He was most recently arrested last year on charges related to carrying heroin and crystal meth while driving under the influence in Malibu.

He pleaded not guilty to drug possession and one misdemeanor DUI charge as part of a deal intended to help him avoid jail. He was sentenced to three years probation and $1,688 in fines for the DUI charge.

In another case from 2005, Redmond O’Neal was placed on probation stemming from an arrest on suspicion of methamphetamine and cocaine possession.

The elder O’Neal who was nominated for an Oscar for the 1970 movie “Love Story” has had his own recent brush with the law. Ryan O’Neal, 67, was arrested last year on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and negligent discharge of a firearm after firing a gunshot during an argument with another son, Griffin O’Neal.

The actor told authorities that Griffin, 43, picked up a fireplace poker and started swinging it. Griffin grazed him four or five times and “aimed at my head, I ducked, he hit his own girlfriend in the head,” Ryan O’Neal said at the time.

The actor said at the time he fired a warning shot intended to scare his son.  Ryan is also the father of Tatum O’Neal, who has had ongoing substance abuse problems as well.

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