'Family Ties' actor arrested after Colorado assault

[Tobin S.]

BOULDER, Colo. -- Police say a former cast member of the 1980s television show "Family Ties" has been arrested for investigation of assault in Colorado.

Police said Monday that 28-year-old Brian Bonsall got into a fight at an apartment on Saturday and hit a friend with part of a broken wooden stool.

Bonsall allegedly told officers he had been drinking and didn't remember what happened.

Bonsall played Michael J. Fox's little brother Andy Keaton on the sitcom.

He is being held in the Boulder County Jail and was due in court Wednesday. Jail records didn't indicate his lawyer's name.

Authorities say Bonsall was sentenced to probation in 2007 for assaulting his girlfriend. He was later accused of probation violations.

The former child actor lives in Westminster, Colo., about 20 miles south of Boulder.




http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/9009/9717059/Family_Ties_actor_arrested_after_Colo_assault

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. We evidently need a "former child actor" transitional programme

to help such unlucky folk adjust to society.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Wow. Family Ties hasn't been in this many headlines in 25 years.

And wtf is that tattoo all about? Guess someone had no desire to continue acting.

[Dr. Strange]

3. Dude, that tattoo is part and parcel of Klingon culture.

You are without honor, sir!

[Bertha Venation]

4. My god. The media will feed us anything about anyone - and we eat it up

with a spoon. It's disgusting.

Who cares?

It's like reporting on the arrest of a person who was never on TV, does not make records, is not a politician. Just pick some poor schmoe off the police blotter and write a story about him. We'd eat it up just the same.

[Tobin S.]

5. That's what the TV show "COPS" was all about.

Just regular joes and janes getting busted. I could have been one of them a couple of times if someone would have had a camera. :D