A frantic pregnant woman told an emergency service operator she had been hit and was in pain shortly before actor Ryan O’Neal was arrested for alleged assault and firing a weapon in a row with his son.

ACTOR Ryan O’Neal has defended himself following his arrest at the weekend for investigation of assault, saying he grabbed a gun and fired after his adult son swung a fireplace poker that hit him several times.

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.