O'Neal 'fired gun in self defence'

Actor Ryan O’Neal said his arrest at the weekend came after he fired a gun in self defence to prevent his son from hitting him with a fireplace poker.

O’Neal told the Los Angeles Times newspaper he arrived at his Malibu home on Saturday night from having dinner with a group of friends, including former girlfriend Farrah Fawcett. They had been celebrating Fawcett’s 60th birthday and that she is cancer-free after four months of treatment.