'Family Ties' Star Brian Bonsall Arrested for Bar Stool Assault

By PopEater Staff Posted Dec 7th 2009 05:28PM

Former child star Brian Bonsall was arrested in Colorado over the weekend after he allegedly hit his best friend in the face with a broken bar stool. The actor, 28, had been wanted by authorities since July 2008 on a year-old warrant for a separate assault.

Colorado Daily reports that Bonsall -- little Andy Keaton on 'Family Ties' -- was picked up at the home of his friend Micheal Trujillo Saturday night, where both had been drinking heavily and arguing loudly. According to the arrest report, Bonsall struck Trujillo with the splintered stool but remembers nothing.

"Bonsall then said that he and Trujillo both are bipolar and like drugs," according to the report. "Bonsall said that he takes a lot of drugs and sometimes those drugs make him forget things."

Since playing Michael J. Fox's little brother Andy on 'Family Ties,' Bonsall has bounced around Boulder, graduating from high school and getting arrested several times, including for assaulting his girlfriend.

Last year, authorities were convinced he had violated his probation and were readying new charges against him. But Bonsall failed to appear at the hearing on July 16, 2008 and has been wanted ever since.

He faces new third-degree assault charges and is currently being held at the Boulder County Jail on a pair of bonds totaling $7,500.

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Tuesday 08 December

By MrDoughnut

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After awhile these actors think life is a stage an their actions are just scripts. Had he had that stool when he was younger he could of stood on it an punched that lesbo right in the nose!

By mark

Yep, looks like the guy was angry because he found out TV "mom" Elise Keaton went lesbian.
Yes-siree, "Bridget definately never did love Bernie"!

By Pat Czarnecki

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Everytime I see someone with all those tats, I can't help but think how stupid they are going to look when they are old and grey and possibly in a nursing home. A lot of these tats will start to droop and sag as old age sets in. Try thinking before you get yourself tattooed!

By mitch

So does being a former child star from Family Ties give you a pass for being a creap? if you are a politician, or a member of a NFL team it does...If he wants to use the BIPOLAR status as a excuse then he needs to go to a all mental hospital and serve his time until he no longer is a danger to himself or others...I am tired of the liberal excuses these days.

Wednesday 09 December

By Skinnyminny2006

Michael J. Fox is one of the classiest, bravest people in this country, and for someone to joke about his Parkinson's-that is just plain wrong. As for Brian Bonsall, he's probably been lost since the show ended. Very sad indeed.

By brooks

drugs, drugs, and more drugs! IT ALL STARTS WITH POT

By Brenny

EEWWWWWWW!!!!! Look at those nasty tats on his neck. What a total turn-off. What happened, he used to be so cute.

By catherine

he looks like a real winner, just because his momma is a lesbian is no reason to check out of reality

By christy

Getting tattoos around the neck is getting more and more popular. So okay, why would a man get a giant tattoo of a butterfly right in the front? Is that the drugs making him do things he forgets? Here's a brain buster ... had he not been on Family Ties would he have still turned out to be such a loser?

By Jack

He looks like someone who enjoys recreational drug use. Perhaps a nice joint of good grade marijuama would take the edge off the methamphetamine. I certainly hope he is remembering to take his Vitamin C and B12 supplements so he doesn't get run down. Oh, it looks like he has already been run over by a tractor trailer, too bad.

By ginger

OH..I bet his mama is PROUD!

By gregg

good god- he's spooky.

By KP

awwwwww....and he still looks just like the nice little innocent boy he was.

By Ade

He FREAKS me out!!(as my kids would say)!! It's funny I don't recall him at all?? Was he always on the show??from the beginning?? I watched that show but I can't remember him at all!!

Thursday 14 January

By tomas

Rumor has it that the butterfly image on his neck is a birthmark. As a child he would often wear turtle necks to cover it up. Poor kid.

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