O’neal Enters Rehab

REDMOND O’NEAL moved from a California prison cell into a drug rehab facility on Thursday (24Sep09) to continue his battle against addiction.

The 24-year-old son of actor Ryan O’Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett will spend a year undergoing intensive treatment at the Impact Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center in Pasadena, California, in a final bid to kick his drug habit once and for all.

O’Neal had been serving time behind bars in connection to a January 2008 drug arrest and a probation violation.

He was sentenced to a year at the in-patient rehab and placed on three years of formal probation in Santa Clarita, California last week (18Sep09).

His attorney tells People.com, “Redmond has embraced recovery. All of his reports are extremely positive. He has taken huge steps towards his new life. This has been a very challenging time for Redmond. He lost his mother while in recovery. He loved his mother dearly and that was extremely hard on him. It would be challenging for anybody, much less a 24-year-old coming to grips with his addiction and recovery.”

Fawcett died on 25 June (09) after losing her battle with cancer.