According to the press conference today, Redmond has checked in to an out-of-state rehab center. I thought it was funny though that they said on ET that it was “at the request of his father” then they also mentioned in news articles that Ryan financially supports Griffin. Ryan seems to be trying to win points with the public….

Maybe they should also mention that Ryan introduced Redmond to drugs when he was only 13 years old – a fact Farrah revealed a couple years ago.

Thanks for the info. This all sounds so sad. I hope things work out for everyone.

Redmond has been struggling with drug addiction (I believe heroin) and I heard a while back that he relapsed because he was so distraught/stressed over his mom.

According to a story I heard today, Griffin and his girlfriend, Jojo, found Redmond passed out at the house and tied him up so he couldn’t go out for more drugs. Apparently, when Ryan got home he flipped out and started beating on Griffin.

Griffin’s girlfriend is the pregnant one that Griffin accidentally hit with the poker, and she’s the one that called 911.

You know I’ve read Tatum O’Neal’s book a couple times and I have no doubt in my mind that Ryan has a lot of anger problems. The book also describes the horrible drug and alcohol problems that most of his children have…gee I wonder why??? Tatum is one of my favorite actresses (Paper Moon, Bad News Bears…so cute), I just feel bad that she had such a terrible childhood, at least she had acting as an escape.

Does anyone know what Tatum meant about Redmond having a hard time lately? Maybe b/c of his mothers cancer?
I also wonder if the pregnant woman is Redmond or Griffin’s girlfriend?

I don’t think I have ever heard anything nice about Ryan, aside from him being a good actor. He’s definitely not a wonderful father and his children have paid the price – even Redmond.

Hopefully the truth will come out soon… Personally, at the moment, I’m thinking Ryan is going to be getting some more bad press when it does.

I don’t think Ryan should have any more children! The only one I haven’t heard any trouble/drug use about is Patrick.

Another sad story for a majorly dysfunctional family; its really too bad. And you really don’t know what or who to believe. I don’t really think any of them are all that credible with the various criminal charges, drug addictions etc. So I think I’ll choose to believe that the truth lies somewhere in the middle of all their stories.

FYI: The boating accident that killed Gian-Carlo Coppola was with Griffin, NOT Ryan.