Brian Bonsall

Brian Bonsall, an actor known for his role on the show Family Ties, pleaded guilty to assault charges yesterday and was sentenced to two years probation. According to DenverPost.com, the 28-year-old was also sentenced to 40 hours of community service and five days in a work-release jail program. Bonsall's brushes with the law date back to 2007, when he assaulted his girlfriend and avoided the police for about a year. He later assaulted a friend in 2009 and tested postiive for marijuana...Read Full Story

PRINT E-MAIL More Former child star Brian Bonsall was sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty to charges connected to a fight with a friend last year in Colorado, according to the Associated Press. In December, Colorado Daily reported that Bonsall -- little Andy Keaton on 'Family Ties' -- was taken into custody at the home of friend Micheal Trujillo, where both had been drinking heavily and arguing. According to the arrest report, Bonsall struck Trujillo with a broken stool...Read Full Story

Former "Family Ties" actor Brian Bonsall has been sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty to charges connected to a fight with a friend last year in Colorado.The 28-year-old actor entered his plea Thursday in Boulder to felony menacing and third-degree assault.Bonsall also pleaded guilty to violating terms of probation stemming from a 2007 assault on his girlfriend and was sentenced to five days in a work-release program and 40 hours of community service.Bonsall had tested...Read Full Story

Former "Family Ties" actor Brian Bonsall has been arrested again in Colorado, this time on a charge of using marijuana in violation of the terms of his release.Deputies handcuffed and led the 28-year-old from a Boulder courtroom Friday after he pleaded not guilty to an assault charge and a failure to report charge involving another case. Bail was set at $10,000.Bonsall's defense attorney says the actor needs marijuana for headaches and has applied for a medical marijuana card through the...Read Full Story

There's been a lot of activity surrounding the old Family Ties cast recently. First Meredith Baxter came out on national TV earlier this month, and now it looks like Brian Bonsall is in trouble with the law after an alleged assault. Bonsall, who played Michael J. Fox's brother Andy Keaton on the classic '80s show, was arrested for "investigation of assault" in Colorado this weekend. According to CBS News, the 28-year-old former star hit a friend with part of a wooden stool at an...Read Full Story