He has not been seen publicly for almost a decade after allegedly happening a week-long bloody crime spree throughout Los Angeles, which left two actors with life-changing accidents.
But this week, Redmond O’Neal – the solely son of legendary actors Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett – lastly appeared in court docket after his May 2018 arrest, having been deemed mentally competent to face trial.
The 41-year-old appeared a lot heavier-set than when he was detained eight years in the past, when he was gaunt, skinny and in the throes of drug dependancy.
He additionally had new satan horns tattooed on his brow, including to a pre-existing face tattoo with numbers which means he’s a ‘hazard to others’. New ink on his left hand additionally learn, ‘F*** life.’
At his preliminary listening to on Tuesday at a Los Angeles court docket, the choose heard graphic details of how O’Neal allegedly attacked a homosexual actor at random, smashing him in the face with a glass bottle and beating him to a pulp.
The actor required facial reconstruction surgical procedure and stated he can now not work due to the trauma.
O’Neal can also be accused of stabbing one other actor in the head and different components of his physique at the least 5 occasions, inflicting traumatic mind harm. He testified he now has epilepsy due to his accidents.
He is dealing with one depend of felony tried homicide, three counts of assault with a lethal weapon and second-degree theft, for the alleged knifepoint theft of a 7-Eleven comfort retailer. If convicted on the tried homicide cost, he faces life in jail.
Redmond O’Neal, 41, is seen at the LA Airport courthouse the place he was arraigned on Tuesday on a second amended prison criticism in connection to an alleged crime spree in May 2018
O’Neal entered the courtroom in shackles
Actor Ryan O’Neal (middle) and Farrah Fawcett (proper) pictured with their solely son, Redmond (left) at the premiere for the film Malibu’s Most Wanted in April 10, 2003
Fawcett is pictured with her son in Vienna in 2001. The actress died on June 29, 2009, aged 62
He was introduced into the courtroom with shackles on his fingers and ankles and chains round his waist.
He remained quiet as his protection legal professional, Dana Cole, entered a not responsible plea for him throughout Tuesday’s preliminary listening to.
O’Neal appeared markedly completely different from his 2018 mugshot, which confirmed him skinnier and with bloody bruises on his proper cheek and left earlobe.
On Tuesday, he sported new tattoos, together with the horns on his left and proper temples.
His left cheek nonetheless bore the ‘5250’ tattoo – the California penal code for involuntary detention for suspects deemed a hazard to themself or others.
He saved his head down and scowled getting into the courtroom, however his face lit up when he seen his godmother, Mela Murphy, in the gallery.
He flashed her a fast smile, nodded, and mouthed, ‘Hi,’ as she smiled again and wiped tears from her eyes.
Murphy, Fawcett’s former hairdresser and an in depth buddy of the actress for many years, is now O’Neal’s court-appointed conservator.
She advised the Daily Mail her godson has been ‘doing higher’ at Patton State Hospital, and she or he nonetheless hopes the case might be settled, permitting him to be launched below strict supervision with time served.
‘If you have a look at him now and also you communicate to him now, he has his mom’s persona,’ Murphy stated. ‘He has his mom’s kindness, her goodness.
‘He tells me, “Please don’t cry Mela, don’t worry. It will be fine. God will take us in the right direction.”‘
Murphy stated O’Neal has gained weight due to his medicine, which has helped him considerably.
‘He discovered God in Patton State hospital. The medicine is working superbly and he’ll his life expertise lessons on a regular basis.
‘When I ask him, ‘Are you opening up and serving to others there at Patton?’ He at all times says, ‘Absolutely.’ He nonetheless has hope that he’ll get out.’
Redmond O’Neal checked out the almost empty courtroom however flashed an enormous smile instantly after he noticed his godmother, Mela Murphy, in the viewers
O’Neal seems again to see if his godmother, Mela Murphy, was nonetheless in the viewers
Mental well being data obtained by the Daily Mail present O’Neal was identified in 2017 with schizophrenia, alcohol abuse, in addition to meth and cocaine abuse.
O’Neal has not been pictured in court docket for years as a result of his prison case was paused after a choose dominated in 2019 that he couldn’t help in his personal protection.
Since then, he has been transferred to varied state prisons in California, however has been incarcerated at Patton State Hospital, a psychiatric facility in San Bernardino, for the previous three and a half years, in line with household mates.
Last yr, a choose dominated O’Neal lastly competent to face trial and ordered him to face his prison prices in court docket.
Prosecutors allege that he dedicated the tried homicide cost and one in all the assault with a lethal weapon counts with a particular allegation that the crimes have been ‘willful, deliberate and premeditated,’ in line with the prison criticism obtained by the Daily Mail.
He additionally faces different prices, together with battery, making prison threats, brandishing a knife, and possession of heroin and methamphetamine.
Prosecutors named at the least six alleged victims in an amended prison criticism introduced to the court docket on Tuesday.
During the listening to, LA County Superior Court Judge James P. Cooper heard testimony from Kenneth Fox, one in all the alleged victims, who stated O’Neal struck him in the face with a glass bottle whereas hurling homophobic slurs.
Fox stated he was strolling again from a laundromat in Venice Beach on May 2, 2018, when O’Neal approached him, ‘What are you fag**t,’ and struck him.
‘He then pushed me down on the floor… I could not see something. My glasses have been crushed on my face and I had blood all over me… saying he was going to kill me. He stated, ‘You need to f*** me, f****t? I need to f***ing kill you. I’m going to f*** you up!’
Fox stated O’Neal continued to kick him and punch him repeatedly. During cross-examination, he revealed he filed a civil swimsuit that settled for $200,000.
When requested if he knew O’Neal was a celeb youngster at the time, Fox stated he solely realized afterward from a detective’s letter.
‘I did not know who he was when he beat me. I sued as a result of he referred to as me a f****t and beat me, and I needed to face up for myself so this would possibly not occur to different individuals.’
Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal have been in a long-term, on-again-off-again relationship from 1979 to 1997. They are pictured with Redmond in 1995
Redmond and Ryan O’Neal attend the third annual American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 5, 2013 in Beverly Hills
Ryan O’Neal (second left) and his son Redmond (C) attend court docket on medicine prices in 2008
Fox additionally questioned why police reviews omitted the homophobic slurs. ‘I feel they did not write it down as a result of they [the police] have been each straight males and possibly did not give a rattling,’ he stated.
When pressed about discrepancies between his testimony and the 2018 police report, Fox grew agitated.
‘Asked and answered, motherf***er,’ he shot again when requested why the slurs weren’t included. Judge Cooper instructed him to ‘take a deep breath’ earlier than persevering with.
During the heated trade, O’Neal remained quiet, often wanting down at his folded fingers as Fox detailed how the 2018 assault had altered his life.
Fox stated he nonetheless experiences again ache, bloodshot eyes, and facial disfigurement, and has been unable to return to performing. ‘I felt like a wounded animal trapped by somebody who was making an attempt to punish me… I’ve but to maneuver on.’
Seth Folkerson, one other one in all Redmond’s alleged victims, sat in the courtroom viewers on Tuesday as a result of he already testified in December.
Folkerson stated he doesn’t keep in mind so much about the day of his alleged assault on May 4, 2018 due to the head wounds he suffered when O’Neal allegedly stabbed him 5 occasions.
Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett at the New York premiere of O’Neal’s film, Chances Are, in 1991
O’Neal, pictured right here in a 2018 mug shot, appeared a lot thinner and gaunt when he was arrested in 2018
The actor stated he remembers leaving his work that day at a sun shades retailer on the Venice Beach boardwalk and strolling to his automotive that was parked on 4th Street when he was attacked.
Folkerson stated his throat was slit alongside the carotid artery and he was stabbed on his left temple and in his proper pectoral muscle. He stated the stab wounds have been deep sufficient that his lung and liver have been ruptured in the assault.
Folkerson, who can also be an actor, stated he was in the hospital for about 4 and a half months.
‘I suffered a traumatic mind harm, primary,’ Folkerson testified. ‘I’ve had points with reminiscence, particularly in the starting for a very long time, stamina. I developed epilepsy from the head trauma, so I’m on seizure medicine, and I could not drive about 4 and a half years.’
He additionally stated he has not been in a position to work since.
The choose ordered O’Neal again in court docket subsequent month to find out if there’s sufficient proof for him to face prison prices.
O’Neal struggled with medicine and his psychological well being from a younger age, in line with Murphy. For years, Fawcett entered her son into numerous packages to assist him with his psychological well being and addictions, the godmother stated.
Kenneth Fox was overcome with emotion at a press convention as he describe the second Redmond O’Neal allegedly attacked him with a glass bottle and hurled homophobic slurs
Defense legal professional Dana Cole and O’Neal listened to witnesses testify at O’Neal’s preliminary listening to on March 10
His mom died on June 29, 2009, at 62 after battling anal most cancers when O’Neal was 24.
His father, Ryan O’Neal, died on December 8, 2023, at 82 from congestive coronary heart failure.
In a 2018 jail interview with Radar Online shortly after he was arrested, O’Neal blamed his father for his downward spiral.
‘It’s not the medicine which have been an issue, it is the psychological trauma of my total life – my entire life experiences have affected me the most,’ he stated at the time, alleging his father had kicked him out and he had been dwelling on the streets.
O’Neal has had a number of brushes with the legislation, alternating between jail and rehab since 2005, together with probation for cocaine and meth possession.
He was arrested in Malibu in 2008 for DUI and possession and famously arrested with his father for drug prices later that yr. Both have been launched on $10,000 bail.
In 2011, he was sentenced to a yr in a drug program and positioned on 5 years probation.
He later admitted to violating probation whereas in a live-in rehabilitation program and was sentenced to 3 years in jail in 2015 for violating probation in a case involving heroin possession and possession of a firearm by a felon.
