Redmond O'Neal back on the streets-- again

It turns out that the late Farrah Fawcett got more than fans' best wishes and a cancer foundation in her name for her birthday on Tuesday. In a little-noticed courtroom action, Redmond O'Neal, her troubled junkie son with lover Ryan O'Neal, was released from jail. The 25-year-old has been in stir since December 29th, after he was found to be intoxicated while on a 24-hour Christmas pass. At Tuesday;'s sentencing hearing, Judge Michael Tynan approved Red's release, reinstated his probation and enrolled him back into rehab. If he finishes this stint, Red will be be placed in a sober living home, and according to the judge will again be allowed to receive day passes "from time to time." This time, he'll be under strict supervision with limits on where he can go and the company he keeps. His father's name didn't come up.

This is, by one count, Redmond's fifth chance.

Two days have passed, so he could already be back behind bars, but in any case, who bets there won't be a Round Six?

Farrah's son Redmond O'Neal back in jail

Poor Redmond O'Neal. Drugs have beaten him down more thoroughly than his dad ever could. The cursed son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal was sent back to jail today after violating his probation on a list of drug convictions.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Tynan today sentenced the 24-year-old whose name is always preceded by the word "troubled," to 30 days in an in-custody drug-treatment program.

According to a spokesman for the LA County Sheriff, the troubled returned to a residential treatment center after a 24-hour pass, told counselors he'd used drugs, and then tested positive.

He was remanded into sheriff's custody on December 29th, away from the general jail population at Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. His next court date is Feb. 10.

The troubled son was jailed last year after he was caught with heroin during a security check in the parking lot of the Pitchess Detention Center. He was sentencedto three years formal probation and a six-year suspended sentence. He had been attending a court-ordered drug program.

In September 2008, he and his father were charged with felony drug possession after the sheriff's deputies reportedly found methamphetamine in the actor's bedroom and on his troubled son.


Hopes were high and everyone was rooting for Red after his mother's tragic death in June. He was left the bulk of her estate.

Whole Lott-a love: Secret boyfriend says Farrah Fawcett remembered him in her will

Farrah Fawcett’s college sweetheart Greg Lott has new evidence of his importance in the late actress’ life with the revelation that he was included in Farrah’s will— while her longtime lover Ryan O’Neal was not.

Lott, who’s recently published love letters and other mementos to prove that he was Farrah’s secret lover in the final decade of her life, claims the Charlie’s Angels icon left him $100,000.

The Texas football hero has claimed O’Neal, who dismissed him as a "disgruntled ex-boyfriend from the Sixties," kept him from visiting Farrah whole she was dying.

Lott says:

"I am a beneficiary of her estate. I have been asked to maintain the confidentiality of the estate, which I must respect.

"This news that I am indeed in her will and Ryan is not raises some serious questions about why he prevented me from seeing the love of my life in her final months. Farrah meant the world to me and I know that I equally had a profound impact on her. I cannot understand how those around her chose to keep me from her."

Farrah died in June after a valiant battle with cancer. She reportedly left the bulk of her estate to Redmond O’Neal, her troubled son with Ryan O’Neal.

Farrah Fawcett's Texan lover finds himself in website hot water after blasting Ryan O'Neal in television interview

Greg Lott, the college beau of Farrah Fawcett who maintained a relationship with the actress throughout her life and who was partners with her in a website operation that was shut down by Ryan O'Neal the day before Farrah died, is in the news and making news.

The Texan Lott who, after O'Neal blocked his visits, maintained a weeks-long vigil in Los Angeles while Farrah lay dying, showed up on television in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas, over the weekend, blasting O'Neal and Farrah's friend Alana Stewart-- and announcing plans to write his own book about his relationship with Farrah.


Perhaps coincidentally, a posting on the blogsite that had become his forum in the weeks after Farrah's death reports today that the Farrah Fawcett.us website will not be returning to the web, and that for now, Greg Lott is being held liable for all the fans who've ordered Farrah memorabilia from the site and are left holding the bag:

"...Mr. Lott was the manager of www.FarrahFawcett.US and held a minority 25% stake in the ownership with Ms. Fawcett in this website. As you are aware the licensing rights have reverted to the Farrah Fawcett’s estate on June 25 2009 when she succumbed to her long battle with Cancer...

"I realize there are numerous people out there that have not received the items they have ordered prior to the site being taken down by the law firm working for the estate of Farrah Fawcett. Many people have reportedly sent complaints to Paypal as well as their credit card companies, and in one instance to the FBI. I have no response to this as Mr. Lott has not responded to our repeated phone calls or emails..."

Sources: Ryan O'Neal's business manager is executor of Farrah Fawcett's estate

Word that Ryan O’Neal will not be receiving any of the proceeds of Farrah Fawcett’s will may be premature. Sources tell Tabloid Baby that the executors who will oversee the inheritance bestowed on her son Redmond, are Richard B. Francis and his son and partner Russell Francis.

Richard B. Francis is Ryan O’Neal’s business manager. After 43 years, Ryan O’Neal is Francis & Associates’ oldest client.

Francis, along with O’Neal and Alana Stewart, was named in the lawsuit by producer Criag Nevius that claims his documentary project and company with Farrah were taken from him unlawfully. Nevius is contesting an "Appointment of Chief Executive Officer and Delegation of Rights" document signed by Farrah in April, which appointed Richard B. Francis as Chief Executive Officer of Sweetened By Risk LLC, and gave him "the full power and authority to take all actions the Chief Manager is authorized to take."

O'Neal, meanwhile, took control of Farrah's cancer documentary project, which had been based on her diaries, and with the help of producers from NBC's Dateline infotainment show, turned it into an updated version of his 1970 film, Love Story.

In interviews and court papers, Nevius has claimed that Francis threatened him physically and professionally.


One source, a friend of Farrah, tells us this afternoon that “the fear” is that Francis or his son could simply assign control of the drug addicted, incarcerated 24-year-old Redmond's money to his father Ryan.

“That would put Redmond right back in his father's control, and that’s the last thing Farrah would want,” says one friend. “It's why she left Ryan to begin with.”

Farrah and O’Neal ended their 15-year relationship in 1997. O’Neal returned as a heavy presence in Farrah’s life after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2007. Ryan and Redmond were arrested together on methamphetamine charges at O’Neal’s Malibu home in November of last year.

In the final weeks of Farrah’s life, O’Neal stated that she had agreed to marry him on her deathbed. Farrah was never made available to confirm his statement. The wedding never took place.

Farrah passed away on June 25th at 62.

Ryan O'Neal left out of Farrah Fawcett's will

$5 million? More like $50 million...

Ryan O'Neal had good reason to attempt to marry Farrah Fawcett on her deathbed: he was not mentioned in Farrah's will.

Sources tell Tabloid Baby this morning say that Farrah left the bulk of her $5.5 million estate to Redmond O'Neal, her son by the contentious Love Story actor, who is now jailed on drug charges.

Ryan O'Neal took control of Farrah's affairs and cancer documentary project after she began to slip in and out of consciousness in the final stage of the cancer battle that ended on June 25th.

Sources tell Tabloid Baby that the $5.5 million figure quoted may reflect Farrah's cash holdings, but that her assets push the total value of Farrah's estate past the $50 million mark.


Farrah's holdings include a collection of Andy Warhol art (some of which depicting her as subject), property in Texas, and the the copyright to the legendary 1976 burnt-orange swimsuit poster, which is worth millions every year in licensing fees.

Farrah was also the majority owner of the film production company, Sweetened By Risk, that produced Farrah's cancer journal documentary that was taken over by O'Neal in April and turned into the morbid, Emmy-nominated NBC special, "Farrah's Story."

April 2008

April 2009

Farrah's production partner is currently suing O'Neal and his associates over the documentary and the takeover, claiming that Farrah signed the necessary documents while in a medicated state.

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