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Unruly Renfro Gets Rehab
Broward County Circuit Judge Ronald Rothschild has shipped the 19-year-old thespian off to 90 days of rehab for violating the terms of his probation after getting caught drinking and driving.
"I'm going to put you into this program, which I think will have some reasonable probability of success," Rothschild told Renfro during a court hearing Thursday. "I'm going to ask you to put some energy into this."
If Renfro fails to complete the substance-abuse treatment, he will likely go to jail for nine months.
"Up till this point he probably did not realize the seriousness of his offense," prosecutor Sharon Mullane said outside court.
The former child star of The Client could have gone straight into a county jail, but the judge decided to give the troubled actor--who has admitted to having an alcohol problem and has been arrested for possession of cocaine and marijuana--one last chance.
Renfro, who recently costarred in the indie films Ghost World and Bully, got himself into this latest scrape on January 14, when he was collared for driving without a license and public intoxication near his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee--charges that violated the terms of his probation for his infamously bungled boat heist in August 2000.
That little caper--in which an impaired Renfro and a pal tried to heist a 45-foot yacht from a Fort Lauderdale dock but forgot to untie the mooring lines, causing the vessel to ricochet back--resulted in two years' probation. Renfro was told to keep clean and behave himself.
Last week, Renfro turned himself in to Florida authorities, whereupon Rothschild immediately had the actor tossed in jail, which is where he stayed until Thursday's sentencing.
Renfro's aunt, Julie Pyshzka, who resides in South Florida, told reporters that her nephew was unfortunately mixed up in the "wrong crowd" as a result of having "too much, too soon." She said she planned to keep tabs on his progress.
Reps for Renfro declined to comment on the judge's decision. Another hearing was scheduled for March 7 on the probation violation, but Renfro's attorney, Bart Heffernan indicated the judge may waive it given that the actor is now in a rehab facility and the fact that a felony could hurt a budding acting career.
"A felon cannot step foot on a studio lot," Heffernan, citing bond and insurance issues, told the Associated Press after the hearing. "He's a resilient young man, and he recognizes his problems, and he wants to deal with them."
Heffernan also said his client had been attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings up to his January arrest.
Renfro narrowly avoided jailtime last May when he was busted for underage alcohol consumption, but the misdemeanor charge was not considered a probation violation. The first entry on his rap sheet dates back to 1998, when police arrested him on suspicion of cocaine and pot possession. The charges were later dropped after Renfro agreed to stay clean for six months and submit to random drug testing.
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