Rip Torn has been arrested several times for incidents involving intoxication.
LITCHFIELD, Conn – Rip
Torn is requesting a form of probation to settle charges that he broke
into a Connecticut bank while drunk and armed in January, thinking it
was his home.
The 79-year-old Emmy-winning actor is due in
Litchfield Superior Court on Wednesday for a hearing on his request for
accelerated rehabilitation. The program for first-time, nonviolent
offenders erases charges after a probation period.
Torn is charged with breaking into a bank
near his Salisbury home on the night of Jan. 29. Police say he was
carrying a loaded gun and was so intoxicated that he thought it was his
house.
Prosecutors are opposing the probation application.
Torn's attorney says he completed an alcohol rehabilitation program and got rid of his weapons.