Brad Renfro’s Rehab Sentence
Actor turned troublemaker, Brad Renfro, was ordered to 90 days of rehab after violating terms of his probation for drinking and driving.
Broward County Circuit Judge Ronald Rothschild sentenced former child star, Brad Renfro, to 90 days of rehab after violating the terms of his probation for drinking and driving. Renfro, who starred in The Client, was arrested for driving without a license and public intoxication in Knoxville, Tennessee on January 14. These charges put him in direct violation of his probation stemming from his August 2000 attempted boat burglary when an intoxicated Renfro and friend tried to steal a 45-foot yacht from a Fort Lauderdale dock. They forgot to untie the moorings, which caused the boat to "ricochet back" and landed the actor two years probation.
Renfro, who has an admitted history of substance abuse, was granted one last chance by the judge. Rothschild told Renfro at the court hearing on Thursday, "I’m going to put you into this program, which I think will have some reasonable probability of success. I’m going to ask you to put some energy into this." If Renfro does not succeed in completing the substance-abuse treatment, it is likely that he will go to jail for nine months.
Renfro’s attorney, Bart Heffernan, feels confident that the judge will waive the probation hearing scheduled for March 7 now that Renfro is in rehab. A felony could be detrimental to his acting career. Heffernan told the Associated Press after the hearing, "A felon cannot step foot on a studio lot. He’s a resilient young man, and he recognizes his problems, and he wants to deal with them." Renfro’s first run-in with the law came back in 1998 when he was arrested on suspicion of possession of cocaine and pot, charges that were dropped when Renfro agreed to "stay clean for six months and submit to random drug testing."
Renfro, who has an admitted history of substance abuse, was granted one last chance by the judge. Rothschild told Renfro at the court hearing on Thursday, "I’m going to put you into this program, which I think will have some reasonable probability of success. I’m going to ask you to put some energy into this." If Renfro does not succeed in completing the substance-abuse treatment, it is likely that he will go to jail for nine months.
Renfro’s attorney, Bart Heffernan, feels confident that the judge will waive the probation hearing scheduled for March 7 now that Renfro is in rehab. A felony could be detrimental to his acting career. Heffernan told the Associated Press after the hearing, "A felon cannot step foot on a studio lot. He’s a resilient young man, and he recognizes his problems, and he wants to deal with them." Renfro’s first run-in with the law came back in 1998 when he was arrested on suspicion of possession of cocaine and pot, charges that were dropped when Renfro agreed to "stay clean for six months and submit to random drug testing."
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