Officials say Redmond O’Neal jailed on drug-related probation violation

Redmond O’Neal jailed on probation violation

LOS ANGELES — Officials say Redmond O’Neal is back in jail after a drug-related probation violation.

The son of actors Ryan O’Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom during a brief hearing Tuesday after being taken into custody Dec. 29.

Los Angeles County district attorney’s spokeswoman Jane Robison says Redmond O’Neal gave the judge a handwritten letter and was ordered back to in-custody treatment until he returns to court on Feb. 2.

O’Neal’s attorney Richard Pintal says the judge ordered the 24-year-old to write the letter and its contents are private.

He was placed in an intensive rehab program last year after a series of arrests and probation violations on drug charges. A judge at the time told the 24-year-old it was his last-chance to avoid prison.