Stars of the 1970s, Farrah Fawett and Ryan O'Neal, cried in court recently when they heard their troubled son admit he is still addicted to heroin.
However, 19-year-old Redmond O’Neal was granted a reprieve by Judge Brian Rains, who agreed to dismiss a forgery charge from 2003 if the teenager completes a year-long rehabilitation program in Mississippi.
The judge told O’Neal this was his last chance. His father, 63, then gave his son the thumbs-up sign and later predicted: “He’ll do it”.
O’Neal and Fawcett split in 1997 after a tumultuous marriage but appear to have rekindled their romance lately.