Rip Torn Heading to Rehab Following Alleged Boozy Bank Break-In

Actor appears in court this morning for his drunken debacle, posts $100,000 bond and plans on entering alcohol-treatment program

Rip Torn is hoping to sew up his latest legal woe with a trip to treatment.

The beleaguered Men in Black star, arrested Friday night in Salisbury, Conn., for allegedly bank-robbing under the influence, has posted $100,000 bond later today and then head to a Manhattan clinic to dry out.

Wearing shackles and cowboy boots, the 78-year-old Emmy winner appeared in court this morning on charges of trespassing, possession of a firearm without a permit, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, criminal mischief and burglary. He did not enter a plea, though, as his arraignment was continued to Feb. 17, a spokeswoman for the Bantam Superior Court tells E! News.

Police say they busted Torn, who has faced multiple DUIs in the past, after he entered the bank with a loaded revolver (and a loaded liver). But his lawyer says it was all just a big misunderstanding. Honest.

"Obviously, he wasn't there intending to commit a crime," Torn's attorney, A. Thomas Waterfall, told the Hartford Courant, explaining that his client never pointed the gun or held it in a threatening manner. Torn was so drunk, the attorney claims, that he thought he was in his own home.

Whatever. Here's hoping Torn toes the line from now on—we can't take any more of those mug shots.

(Originally published Feb. 1, 2010, at 9:57 a.m. PT)