Rip Torn Freed on Bail, Bound for Rehab

After alleged bank break-in, actor due back in court Feb. 17
By Marie Morris,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 1, 2010 4:23 PM CST
Rip Torn Freed on Bail, Bound for Rehab
Elmore "Rip" Torn appears with his attorney, A. Thomas Waterfall, in Bantam Superior Court in Bantam, Conn. Monday Feb. 1, 2010.   (AP Photo/Jim Shannon, Pool)

Rip Torn appeared in court in Connecticut today to face charges related to an alleged bank break-in Friday evening and was released on $100,000 bond. The 78-year-old actor will enter alcohol rehab as soon as possible, his lawyer said. The numerous charges against him include burglary, trespassing, and carrying a firearm while intoxicated. His lawyer acknowledged Torn had a loaded .22 revolver in his pocket but said it was "never brandished," reports the Register Citizen of Litchfield County.

"Obviously he wasn't there to commit a crime," said A. Thomas Waterfall, who described Torn as "lucid." The Dodgeball and 30 Rock actor was wearing several jackets, unzipped pants, and suspenders when he was arrested in a Litchfield Bancorp branch in Salisbury, where he lives. "The subject looked unsteady on his feet and I could clearly see both of his hand were empty," according to a state police report. Torn is due back in court Feb. 17.
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