Why was Brian Bonsall arrested?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

In both 2001 and 2004 Brian Bonsall was arrested for a drunken driving incident. After that he was arrested a few more times for having drugs on him.