ORANGE COUNTY BILLIONAIRE’S SON WAS RECENTLY CONVICTED IN THE LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT OF DISTURBING THE PEACE AND ORDERED TO UNDERGO DRUG AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELING.

IT IS REPORTED THE MAN WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DISSUADING A WITNESS AND POSSESSION OF DRUGS WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION.  THE FIRST TWO COUNTS WERE DISMISSED, HOWEVER, AND HE WAS PERMITTED TO PLEAD TO THE REDUCED CHARGE OF DISTURBING THE PEACE WITH THE CONDITION HE COMPLETE THE COUNSELING.  THE DRUG CHARGE MAY ALSO BE DISMISSED PURSUANT TO A DEFERRED ENTRY OF JUDGEMENT.  THE MAN WAS PLACED ON 3 YEARS OF INFORMAL PROBATION AND FINED APPROXIMATELY $1000 AS WELL.  HIS DISTURBING THE PEACE CONVICTION CAN BE REDUCED TO AN INFRACTION UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE 52-WEEK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELING. 

COURT RECORDS REFLECT THE MAN WAS PREVIOUSLY CHARGED IN 1996 FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THIS CASE WAS DISMISSED THREE YEARS LATER.