Actor 'Bradboy' Renfro gets some good news in Broward case

(posted by sun-sentinel on Sept 5th 2001)

Teen heartthrob Brad Renfro got an encouraging word in Broward Circuit Court on Wednesday: Keep his nose clean for 90 days and he won't have to worry about going to prison in Florida.

Renfro is on two years probation for trying to steal a 45-foot yacht in Fort Lauderdale in August 2000.His probation ends on January 2003.
The 19-year-old star of the movies "The Client," "Sleepers" and "Bully" was told Wednesday that his violation of probation case was continued until Dec. 13 and the end results could hinge on how well he does in a separate Knoxville, Tenn., case.

Judge Ronald J. Rothschild told the "Bradboy," as some fans call him, he must stay out of trouble.

That's basically the same thing a court in Knoxville, his hometown, told Renfro on Tuesday: If he stays out of trouble for the next 90 days, underage drinking charges filed in May will be dropped.

Rothschild again indicated that Renfro had passed all his required drug and alcohol tests and ordered him to continue undergoing monthly drug and alcohol testing.

Last January, Renfro entered into a plea agreement and was sentenced to the two years' probation and ordered to pay more than $4,000 for repairs to the yacht.

He and a friend were accused of attempting to drive the $175,000 vessel from a dock in Holiday Harbor. The effort failed, however, after the pair neglected to untie the lines, sending the boat crashing into the dock.

At the time, Renfro was in Fort Lauderdale filming "Bully," the true-life story about the murder of Bobby Kent, of Hollywood, at a Weston rockpit.

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