I feel sorry for Ryan O’Neal and his son. I don’t think people who have drug problems should go to jail. I think they should go to rehab for the period of time they would have spent in jail. It’s a disease and a deadly one at that.

Today, Ryan and his son appeared in court for felony drug possession of crystal meth. They postponed their court date until January 9th. Hopefully the judge will be lenient and send them to a real rehab. His poor kid Redmond, he seems to have had a shitty upbringing and has been shuttled off to different boarding schools.

Yahoo News Reports:

MALIBU, Calif. – Ryan O’Neal and his son have delayed entering pleas in their felony drug cases until after the new year.

The Oscar-nominated actor and his son appeared in court Thursday morning, where attorneys asked a judge for more time to review evidence.

The 67-year-old actor and his 23-year-old son were ordered to return on Jan. 9.

They were arrested in September when Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies did a routine parole check on Redmond O’Neal, who was staying at his father’s Malibu home.

O’Neal, 67, was nominated for a best actor Academy Award for 1970’s “Love Story.” Redmond, 23, is his son from a relationship with Farrah Fawcett.

What a bummer. I hope the family gets their act together.