Redmond O’Neal charged with attempted murder

I can't believe he murdered Farah and they're just now getting around to charging him.

This will kill Farrah. She hasn't been well for years, she lives quietly in Germany.

But he's so hot!

Poor Farrah...this shocker will break her heart.

Well that had to happen. He's a red haired, which is bad enough but then they gave him a name to emphasize it and it isn't even a proper first name, it is a last name.

What a waste of skin this guy is.

So sorry to hear this! I loved him in Married With Children.

r7

No, he wasn't on that, he played the daughter on "Unhappily Ever After."

He smells funny "down there" and is fug. Let him go to jail again and be a pass around bottom.

I bet Shelley Hack's children would never murder people.

[quote]I bet Shelley Hack's children would never murder people.

Who would notice if they did? No one.

[quote]He smells funny "down there"

He's uncut?

r11 is not one of us

Sparkle and her Prince are doing double time to distance themselves from another Ginger family member.

Are all of Ryan O'Neal's parents huge messes?

Being charged is a lot different than being convicted

Can I have his stuff?

Another case of two good-looking, even beautiful, parents spawning a completely fugly kid.

[quote]This will kill Farrah. She hasn't been well for years, she lives quietly in Germany.

Is that a joke? Shes dead you dipshit. Died the same day as Micheal Jackson.

How embarrassing for you r20.

The only O'Neal offspring who turned out unscathed is Patrick, because his mother Leigh Taylor-Young kept him away from Ryan.

Tatum won an Oscar. I’d gladly turn out like her.

GURL!

Why has Ryan been strangely silent and unsupportive during all,of this? No wonder the poor kid turned out to be a mess.

R23, Her life has been hellish ever since, including not being allowed to see her own children for years. Please try to keep up, dear.

[quote]This will kill Farrah. She hasn't been well for years, she lives quietly in Germany.

She's fine, she sends her love.

R27, Aaron Spelling called her two weeks ago regarding a "Charlie's Angels" reboot.

"Charlie, why is it always the 7-Elevens?"

What a shame. He is so messed up. It is my understanding that Ryan has been supportive. Sometimes there is just nothing you can do. This will end tragically.

Farrah left him millions but yet he robs a 7 Eleven.

[quote]Aaron Spelling called her two weeks ago regarding a "Charlie's Angels" reboot.

And I've accepted even though I'm not supposed to communicate with you guys!

[quote] It is my understanding that Ryan has been supportive.

I laughed so hard at this the coffee I was drinking came out of my nose! Thanks, r30! 😝

Red needs to be locked up forever. There’s no reasoning with an out of control ginger. Keep LA safe.

The way his crimes escalated in a very short time is really disturbing. If they hadn't caught and arrested him, I'm pretty sure he would have murdered somebody before much longer.

Who the fuck is at R17?

Born out of wedlock. The offspring of a lousey tv. actress and a has-been movie star/cruelly indifferent father, is anyone surprised our dear Redmond is a bad boy?

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What kind of mother was Farrah? I mean, he was 24 when she died, so... she fully raised him. I mean, of course having Ryan O'Neal as a father could not have helped, but I'm curious!

I suspect they didn’t raise him at all and were into themselves and their own drama.

And Farrah left him %4.5 million. Such a troubled young man.

[quote] And Farrah left him %4.5 million.

Saturday, June 09, 2018 Blind Item #9

This former A+ list mostly movie actor who is a multiple Oscar winner/nominee finally was able to do what he started to do several years ago which is to steal every penny from a family member just so he can continue to look wealthy. He continues to be one of the worst celebrity parents ever.

Ryan was never an Oscar winner.

R40 Yes, perhaps "raise" wasn't the best word to use. I'm still curious about his childhood.

Ryan O'Neal was a Best Actor Oscar nominee for "Love Story" (1970). But the Blind at r42 says "multiple" winner/nominee, so it's probably not him.

Farrah was the only stability he had and that was tenuous at best. Now he is just a piece of Hollywood flotsam. Ryan must have mental illness genes or something inheritable, all his kids are a hot mess.

Farrah was more concerned about herself and whom ever she was fucking at the time than her own son

for such a vain, self involved idiot she had a sweet personality. I'm shocked she had $4.5 million to leave her son. She was borderline retarded. I'm also shocked that Ryan didn't swindle it out of her or browbeat her into leaving it to him in her will instead of their son

Redmond reminds me of my crazy brother. He'll probably plead this down and maybe spend a few years in jail. And then do the same thing a few years after he gets out of prison

R23 her own father hit on her at Farrah’s funeral before he realised he was hitting on his daughter. Farrah and Ryan basically ignored Tatum and her brother Griffin when they were kids and Ryan resented Tatum for getting an Oscar for Paper Moon despite the fact that Tatum was only a little girl.

I don’t think an Oscar makes up for that hot mess of a family.

People like this used to be kept from humanity in an asylum for the criminally insane.

I know Ryan and Tatum had a sexual relationship. I can feel it in my bones.

I am so glad I don't have kids. what a fucking nightmare and burden!

R20, are you joking, you dipshit?

"What kind of mother was Farrah? I mean, he was 24 when she died, so... she fully raised him. I mean, of course having Ryan O'Neal as a father could not have helped, but I'm curious!"

The problem was NEGLECT. Farrah was high most of the time. Most wealthy people hire help to raise their children, but it seems that nouveau riche trash haven't learned this concept. If any of Ryan's children other that Patrick had a decent nanny, they wouldn't be such fuck-ups. Besides Ryan's neglect and violence, the kids were neglected by incapacitated mothers - Tatum and Griffin by a bipolar alcoholic (Joanna Moore), and Redmond from a vacant drug abuser (Farrah).

I seem to recall a story about Redmond showing his friends the Playboy photos of his mother when he was a kid...

"Fuck" a kid up!

TMZ still hasnt been able to reach Farrah for comment.

The whole family is gay. Fake arrange.

What does Tater think of all this?

Didn't Farrah show up high on a late night talk show?

Tater must be so upset.

On Letterman

He must've inherited Ryan's instability and anger problems, in addition to the lifelong drug use.

Wasn't Redmond in jail as Farrah was dying?

Faulty genes and he didn’t even get the good-looking ones.

Redmond was in jail as Farrah was dying. He got a temporary release to attend her funeral.

I'd still suck it, but that's just me.

If he ever has to perform community service, send him over to clean Kate’s house.

Has Beamish released a statement?

R68, who is Kate?

Kate Jackson r70.

You guys are hilarious. Please continue.

Has Bootise Gumdrops given a statement yet?

This fucker needs a hard slap of reality.

Where the fuck was Farrah when he started to go off the rails? In the bathroom snorting coke and curling her hair? Why the fuck would you not be on your toes watching him like a hawk after seeing Ryan's train wreck parenting play out with Tatum and Griffen?

Brilliant to get a face tattoo and then go around stabbing random people. How much force does it take to stab through a skull??

Sad.

Is he still in jail?

Sad.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ R69!!!

If you're going to rob some place, pick Tiffany's or something...not some shitty 7-11.

Aim high!

Was Ryan inappropriately lovey-dovey with Redmond, like he was with Tatum? And didn't his other son kill someone with a boat, or something?

Ryan’s son (Tatum’s brother) decapitated Francis Ford Coppola’s oldest son (Sofia’s brother) in a bizarre jet ski accident in the South of France (if I remember the story correctly).

Ryan’s son (whose name I can’t recall) was fully to blame and was apparently recklessly driving the jet ski and drunk(?) I can’t immediately recall all the details...

It’s one of the most fucked up and bizarre Hollywood stories ever and I truly do not know how the Coppola family got through it.

That was in response to, [R80].

Okay, even weirder, Griffin (it was Griffin after all) killed the Coppola son in Maryland. God, what an awful story.

From Wikipedia:

“Coppola was killed in a speedboating accident on Memorial Day, 1986, aged 22, in Annapolis, Maryland. Griffin O'Neal, who was piloting the boat, had attempted to pass between two slow-moving boats, unaware that both boats were connected by a towline.

While O'Neal barely had time to duck, Coppola was struck and killed.[1] At the time of the incident, O'Neal was being directed by Francis Ford Coppola in Gardens of Stone and was subsequently replaced.

O'Neal was later charged with manslaughter over the accident. He ultimately pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of "negligent operation of a boat", was fined $200 and sentenced to 18 months' probation in 1987. He eventually received an 18-day jail sentence for not performing 400 hours of community service as ordered.

More from the L.A. Times (what a shitty family) :

“O'Neal told natural resources police who arrived at the scene within minutes after the accident that Coppola was operating the boat. But witnesses told police that it appeared that O'Neal was the operator.

O'Neal was not tested for alcohol at the time of the accident, police said.”

Ryan O'Neal just sounds disgusting.

This Ryan and Tatum kiss pic just gives me the creeps...

Flakka rage?

Bless his heart. This poor apple couldn't have fallen further from the tree had it been batted the hell out of the orchard with a Louisville Slugger.

Why doesn't Ryan do a min series about this troubled dynasty?

Griffin's (and Tatum's) issues are related to being neglected as children, not abuse (then) by Ryan.

Ryan was womanizing all over the place during his brief marriage to their mother, Joanna Moore. When his girlfriend, Peyton Place co-star Leigh Taylor Young got pregnant, Ryan left his marriage and first group of children. Drug addicted-alcoholic-bipolar Joanne Moore was not equipt to handle parenting; Ryan was absent. Later Ryan attempted to "straighten" Griffin out with violence.

Most of the above is in Tatum's first autobio, Paper Life. When the book came out there were numerous cries here at the Datalounge of "do you think it's true"? How Griffin and Tatum came out is text book neglect.

Introducing and participating with your kids to drug is abuse also.

I don't know if it's in her book, but for awhile Tatum was living with Cher. Cher was appalled that Tatum wasn't even being fed properly, nevermind the lack of supervision.

that kid never stood a chance

Cher = Auntie Mame

R90 Of course it was abuse, childhood neglect is a form of abuse.

I forgot about the Coppola accident until now. That is fucked up.

Who said it wasn't abuse, R95?

r84 I guess I can't say I blame him, I would blame the dead guy too if I were fucked up and killed someone.

Somewhat prophetic childhood pic of Tatum...

Ryan looks like he doesn't even want to be in the room here!

I want to know more about Leigh Taylor Young. I'm impressed that she had enough sense to raise Patrick far away from Ryan. Any info about their relationship?

No one should have bred with Ryan O'Neal.

I think Leigh Taylor Young was poised to be a movie star, then didn't. Maybe she backed off from acting to raise her child?

She looks like she should be in BIG EYES

I guess you should ask HER.

R101, why is Leigh Taylor Young's son dressed like a girl?

R104 My god, she barely blinks!!

More O’Neal family drama and gossip!!

[quote]R107 My god, she barely blinks!!

It's disconcerting.

The whole family is fucked up. The late, great Movieline ran an obvious BI about Farrah partying with Redmond when he was like 13. Shades of Dina and LILo, complete with red haired kid and bleached mama.

There's more but it's late here now.

I met someone who worked as O'Neal and Fawcett's full time archivist, which I thought was very interesting...as it implied to ME they were collecting antique books or art or something. But it turned out they just maintained very elaborate archives on THEMSELVES.

Can one BE more self involved ? ?

Yes, and I dated Ryan.

R111 I wonder if that was a paid of volunteer position?

R110 Is this the BI from Movieline you're referring to?

[quote]MOVIELINE.....11/20 Yes, another wicked whisper, all about that crack-happy mother and son act... by Murgatroyd

[quote]Crackers. It can't be true about the cocaine addiction of that famous, glamorous movie and TV mom and her handsome young son, can it? Or...can it?

[quote]Rumors are whizzing around town that this very schizy mother is more than aware of her young son's cocaine abuse: she shares the same problem! Often, insiders say, the parent and the kiddo -- who live out of state -- go on coke-buying sprees together, buying the drug in large quantities from dealers in trendy Santa Barbara and Santa Monica.

[quote]Can’t help but wonder what the boy did on his own when his mama got admitted to an out-of-state hospital when her nose bled so uncontrollably she seemed an almost certain candidate for a brain hemorrhage?

[quote]Also, can’t help but wonder when the boy's going to finally be taken out of this sicko's hands and put into protective custody (and enforced rehab)? It sure won't be in the hands of his dad, who's got drug and money problems of his own.

Interesting indeed...

That is really sad, [R114]. And it sounds true...

This story reminds me a bit of Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbie Christina.

Whitney did drugs with her young daughter, and then just a few years after Whitney died, Bobbie Christina imploded and completely self-destructed herself.

I think the drug use with the parent starting at a young age creates a very particular kind of co-dependency and then after the druggie parent dies, it *really* all goes to hell for the surviving offspring...

There are some interesting tidbits in this article as well. James Orr, Farrah's beau after her (first) break up with O'Neal sounds like a complete piece of shit.

[quote]Their 14-year-old, Redmond, splits his time between households but attends school near his father. Redmond has had his share of teenage troubles already, some of which have been chronicled in the tabloids. "I loved my childhood, and in a way, I feel his has been distorted . . . it's been taken too early from him," says Fawcett, who attributes her breakup with O'Neal to parenting conflicts.

Yes! And the first poster got it right.

Thanks R114, I can never locate any of Movieline's old BIs online. Murgatroyd's were the best written and most accurate blind items.

Ryan is such a mess he hit on Tatum at Farrah's funeral, claiming he didn't recognize her!!?? Forget hitting on girls at your longterm partner's funeral, you don't recognize your daughter?

It got worse after the funeral. Ryan gave a TV interview clearly spaced out on drugs. He told a bizarre story about how Farrah, totally zonked on pain meds at the end, thought he was Redmond and pulled him on top of her, embraced him passionately and began "grinding" on him.

Now maybe that happened or maybe it was Ryan projecting his own twisted fantasy. I can believe either possibility given the cast of characters.

It was Annapolis, R81. Water skiing accidents happen, not particularly bizarre at all. Tragic and sad, yes.

I wonder if Redmond has fetal alcohol syndrome (or something). I found some old pics of Farrah and Ryan having a gay old time at some French festival in Sept. of 1984. She must have been pregnant with Redmond at the time.

Once Farrah was partying hard - which was basically the last 20+ years of her life - she became a different person. Some of her antics were funny, like her doped appearance on Letterman. Others, not so much.

Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas wrote about her taking a dump on the lawn at an elegant Hollywood party. When she denied it, he started to mention it in interviews and essentially threatened her to sue him.

[quote]Eszterhas told us when his book came out that "there were 300 people at that party. If you can put together a half-dozen people who say, 'Yes, I was there. We indeed watched that through the front window,' you're safe on legal grounds.

Fawcett didn't sue.

The fish stinks at the head.

Wow about Farrah taking a dump on someone’s lawn...just wow. Everyone felt so sorry for her after she was diagnosed with cancer that they gave her a pass on some of her unsavory behavior...

Not to be shallow, but considering how attractive his parents are, Redmond is kind of busted!

Farrah was also a chronic shoplifter. I was in a smallish boutique in Beverly Hills (this was the 80s) and Farrah was putting scarves into her purse. The saleslady whispered to me that they just keep track of what she takes and send a bill to her business manager.

Did the business manager pay the bill?

I'm assuming they had some sort of arrangement, otherwise she would have been arrested.

I love Farrah, but wow was she coddled.

I just have to come out and say it. I'm addicted to the utter disaster of the Fawcett-O'Neal family.

I watched several episodes, if not all, of Ryan & Tatum's reality show before, but I've been sucked in again. Thanks R122.

My pleasure.

R128, where is it available? It's been awhile for me.

Just wait at the curb Tatum!

R130 See the link attached for the youtube channel. FYI, the commercials aren't edited out.

Thanks, [R132]!! I’ve never seen the show, but after reading this thread I’m looking forward to it!

Mearder? *faints*

I never realized that Ryan O'Neal is a nepotism case, it explains a lot!

What is the tattoo on his face mean? It's just numbers. And what's wrong with his ears? Scabs?

Ryan's pop was quite accomplished.

They never talk about him for some reason...

But you met KIngs and Queens with me!

R114 I wonder if this is why her nose got so strange looking in later years, when her early nose was strong but perfectly nice. Would explain it.

r124, Farrah had been shoplifting since the early 1970s. She was arrested twice in 1970, and convicted both times.

In 1970 she was arrested twice for shoplifting after she took clothes from boutiques, and was convicted both times on the lesser charge of trespassing and fined $125 and $265, respectively. In her defence Fawcett claimed to be returning clothes at both stores, substituting new ones of equivalent value, because they wouldn't exchange the merchandise. "I was just taking justice into my own hands," she explained.

R138 In the first or second episode, Ryan mentions that he went to the movies with Farrah and Tatum he got into a full on brawl with a couple who shushed them. It's hard not to be on the shusher's side.

I'm Irish, but my family didn't drink.

Why is Ryan such an odious human being?

R140, well I'm sure when she was shoving scarves into her purse that was justice as well. Ha!

I wonder why she shoplifted? What was she so upset/ angry about???

R139, Farrah has extensive plastic surgery when she got older - completely destroying her original look. Many people get talked into having tweaks to their nose, apparently Farrah was so high she didn't see what a lousy job the surgeon did.

Poor Farrah she was so beautiful RIP

I think she was one of the most beautiful women of all time. That photo with her obituary. OMG.

I think her parents are still alive. Imagine them dealing with how it ended for Farrah and now with Redmond. And having to put up with a monster like Ryan O’Neal as a son in law.

Jesus Christ, R148, Farrah's parents are not alive.

Jane ultimately went back to her high school football boyfriend. There's a vid on YouTube of him confronting Ryan. He tells Ryan that Farrah referred to Ryan as "that fat fuck on the beach" lol Jesus.. Farrah's parents spoke regularly to this guy (forgot his name) as she was dying-at thevend, Ryan wouldn't let his calls through.

The part where Ryan filmed his problemed child shackled at his drugged out dying mothers bed is horrifying.

Not Jane! Damn spell check! Meant Farrah

Not the best creative writing, Jane. Try again.

Patrick did live with his dad for a time, but was in boarding school most of his childhood so no Leigh Taylor young can’t take much credit either. She went on a lot of “spiritual journeys” when Patrick was a kid.

Ryan actually had to bail her out financially about a decade ago because she was swindled out of her money.

Good Sports had potential.

Cute.

R150 What is WRONG with these people? Oh man (oh god, oh man, oh god), the video is bizarre.

Also, from a 2009 Vanity Fair article, more insight on Redmond:

[quote]After Redmond started getting into trouble, O’Neal blamed Fawcett for some of her parenting decisions. “She put Redmond in a place we couldn’t get him out of for 18 months, a behavior-modification program where they beat the shit out of him because he had been caught for marijuana,” he says. “He lay on the floor for 36 hours, refusing to say he was sorry. This was our son! But she had become involved in an art project at the L.A. County Museum, and she didn’t want him back.” [quote]O’Neal is brutally frank about Redmond’s problems. “He’s been in 13 rehabs,” he says. “He’s had a terrible life.” When I raise my eyebrows, O’Neal snorts at the implication that Redmond was also quite privileged. “You be my kid,” he says bitterly. “He has addictions he can’t control; he goes to sleep in his food. This is not a privileged guy. He never had any money; he never had a car; he never had a driver’s license. He’s never been out on the street for a year, because whatever he did, he got caught. He got arrested in prison with heroin in his pocket! So many arrests, the poor, stupid boy! He’s not a thug; he doesn’t know how to be. He’s just a sap, and he knows it. He’s been in rehabs all over the United States and Mexico. We’re just thankful he doesn’t have H.I.V.” [quote]O’Neal’s face crumples. “He knows she’s going to die. He’s going to be in there, and some guard’s going to tell him. We’ll bury her without him. It’s going to be shitty, but she’ll never know; that’s the one saving grace.” By this time he’s crying. “I’m a hopeless father. I don’t know why. I don’t think I was supposed to be a father. Just look around at my work—they’re either in jail or they should be. I have nice grandchildren, though.”

I'm sure I read this article in 2009, but I didn't remember any of the shit about Redmond.

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It would be more shocking if he didn't end up totally fucked up with those two as parents. He hand no chance.

had*

It’s strange there didn’t seem to be anyone who could be a better mother than Farrah, great relationship with her parents, artistic, wealthy and beautiful It had to be Ryan’s fault

A bad egg - sometimes you just really can’t help them. Did any of Ryan’s kids turn out ok?

1 is normal. The other 2 are Tatum and Redmond.

Which one is normal?

Patrick

[quote] Farrah had been shoplifting since the early 1970s. She was arrested twice in 1970, and convicted both times

In 1983 Jackie Collins published Hollywood Wives. Perhaps Farrah contributed to the character.

Elaine Conti - a Brooklyn girl turned Hollywood hostess who is desperate to stay at the top while her marriage to former screen sex symbol Ross Conti crumbles beneath her. She is a compulsive shoplifter who lives in Beverly Hills. Elaine is a woman ruthlessly driven to improve her husband's career and her own standing within Tinseltown.

R161 artistic, wealthy and beautiful are no indicator on whether someone would be a good parent. She may have had a good relationship with her own parents, but it obviously had no bearing on her own mothering skills. She was a horrible step mother who treated her step children badly, all while Ryan turned a blind eye, so it would stand to reason that maybe being a parent was neither hers or Ryan’s forte.

Whatever she may have done wrong in life she paid for it by dying that painful death.

Rest in peace, Farrah.

It's possible, r166.

Farrah Fawcett starred in the second movie "Hollywood Wives: The New Generation" (2003). Perhaps Jackie Collins wanted Farrah for the role, as a "thank you" for inspiring the Elaine Conti character from the first novel.

R152 a weirdo Ryan supporter? Lol

[quote]Not to be shallow, but considering how attractive his parents are, Redmond is kind of busted!

[bold]Kind of[/bold]??? The fucker is fug, and always has been.

He wasn't even a cute kid, let's face it.

He looks fine.

Ewwwww. That kid is dumps ugs, R172!!! Yuck. It must looked worse as it aged.

HOw did someone as beautiful as Farrah fucking Fawcett pop out such an ugly Child, whatever you think she was even at her worst Farrah wasn’t ugly. She wasn’t even average looking

He is so infinitely full of rage. Just 100% insane. Wtf

Does Tatum get along with him? Will he lash out at her? Sleep with one eye open, Tatum!

Cameron Douglas bounced back.

Maybe there's hope for Red.

Cameron Douglas wasn't trying to kill people.

In the South, these people would be considered white trash.

Honey, they are considered white trash in Malibu too.

HE looks terrible. What a awfully sad and tragic life this kid has had.