Legal Troubles
Marinovich has had a number of arrests, many of which have been related to his ongoing drug problems, including nine arrests in Orange County, California alone. He was arrested in 1991, while still a student at USC, on cocaine possession. In 1997 Marinovich was arrested on suspicion of growing marijuana and served two months in jail and a third at a minimum-security facility in Orange County known as the Farm. In April 2000, he was arrested for sexual assault. followed by a 2001 arrest on suspicion of heroin.
In August 2004, he was arrested by Newport Beach police for skateboarding in a prohibited zone. Marinovich was arrested in a public bathroom in Newport Beach, California in May 2005, after being found with apparent drug paraphernalia; he gave his occupation as "unemployed artist" and "anarchist". Marinovich was ordered to undergo six months of drug rehabilitation followed by six months of outpatient treatment as a result. In August 2007, Marinovich was arrested and charged with felony drug possession and resisting a police order after being stopped for skateboarding near the Newport Pier boardwalk. On 30 October 2007 he pleaded guilty to felony possession of a small amount of methamphetamine and misdemeanor syringe possession and resisting arrest. Orange County Superior Court Commissioner James Odriozola decided to give Marinovich another chance at rehabilitation and released him to a rehab program in Laguna Beach.
During a period of sobriety from 2007-2008, Marinovich worked with Todd Kramer, founder of the Kramer Center at Newport Beach, and the National Drug Treatment Center to help young athletes overcome addiction and to stay clean. In August 2008, after one year of sobriety, Todd Marinovich was hired as a lecturer by Newport Coast Recovery, a drug and alcohol treatment facility in Newport Beach.
On April 3, 2009 he was arrested in Newport Beach after he failed to appear in court for a progress review on his rehabilitation related to his 2007 arrest. He was ordered to be held in jail without bail until his May 4 hearing before the Orange County Superior Court.
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