Ryan O'Neal claims he only fired his gun as a warning during a fight with
his son Griffin.
The 65-year-old Oscar winner was arrested at his Malibu home in the early
hours of Saturday morning (03.02.07) for assault with a deadly weapon and
negligent discharge of a firearm after an altercation with Griffin, 42.
Ryan has now revealed he only got his gun after his son started wildly
swinging a fireplace poker. The 'Love Story' actor was grazed in the attack
but Griffin's pregnant 22-year-old girlfriend was hit in the head.
Ryan said: "I ducked and he hit his girlfriend. She's seven months pregnant.
I got nervous at that point and fled to my room and got my gun. Griffin came
up the stairs so I just fired it into the banister. He fled."
Ryan was released on $50,000 bail after being questioned by police.
The fracas occurred after Ryan returned home from Farrah Fawcett's 60th
birthday party. The pair dated between 1980 and 1997 and have a 21-year-old
son Redmond.
The 'Charlie's Angels' actress, who was supported throughout her ordeal by
Ryan, was recently given the all-clear from anal cancer.
Griffin has previous convictions for reckless behaviour under the influence
of alcohol. His father allegedly knocked out two of his teeth during a row
in 1983, but was not charged over the incident.
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