Rip Torn Seeking Probation in Connecticut Break-In Case
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rip Torn has been arrested several times for incidents involving intoxication.
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.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Prosecutors are opposing the probation application.
Torn's attorney says he completed an alcohol rehabilitation program and got rid of his weapons.