Celebs Who Have Children Behind Bars Right Now

They say that when you're a celebrity, there's no such thing as bad publicity. But that can't possibly apply to news that your child got sentenced to hard time, right? No celebrity wants to be associated with that; moreover, no parent wants to see child behind bars, period.

On top of that, whenever a wealthy person does a crime and gets locked up, the rest of the world shakes their heads in disbelief. You're rich. Why act out? But, as you'll see from the entries on this list, the children of celebrities, just like the rest of the world, are sometimes plagued by issues that lead to a crime, such as addiction or mental illness. Of course, some of these people just made terrible decisions — Yes, rich people make those, too.

And while it seems that, at times, the justice system gives an unfair pass to celebs accused of crimes thanks to LA County Jail's notorious "overcrowding situation," that's not always the case. For the famous offspring on this list, not only did their crimes not go unpunished, they're still in the slammer as of this writing. 

Here are the celebs who have children in jail right now.

Redmond O'Neal, the son of Hollywood legends, Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal, has been in and out of jail for many years now. According The Daily Mail, his troubles with the law started back in 2008 after he was arrested for possession of heroin. Redmond was then court-ordered into treatment centers in 2011 and 2014 after he allegedly relapsed. He then violated the "terms of his probation stemming from his felony heroin drug possession conviction" in 2015, which got him a new three-year sentence. Unfortunately for Redmond and his family, this was just the beginnings of his troubles.

Shortly after Redmond's release, he allegedly robbed a convenience store in Santa Monica, Calif. while armed with a knife in May 2018, before even more violent crimes were pinned on him. According to TMZ, he was charged with attempted murder after seriously injuring five men, two of whom he allegedly stabbed. In addition to being sued by one of the victims, who claimed Redmond stabbed him in the head and neck, another alleged victim accused him of committing a homophobic hate crime in a separate lawsuit.

Redmond faces several other charges from his alleged six-day spree of violence and assault, which concluded with the convenience store robbery. According to Radar Online, he reportedly now faces 22 years in prison, and has allegedly been on suicide watch since October 2018.

In 2008, musician Goldie (Clifford Price) discovered that his son had been named as a suspect in the stabbing murder of 21-year-old Marlon Morris. Goldie's son, Jamie Price, allegedly went on the run after being fingered as the murderer by police. "My son is on the run. I tried to change his life, I tried to give him opportunities," Goldie told The Mirror. "But he went the other way. This child of mine had every opportunity, that's the saddest thing about this. I feel like I've f****** failed already."

Price was eventually apprehended and brought to trial. During the subsequent investigation and court cases, Price was convicted of stabbing and killing Morris, an alleged rival gang member. In 2010, Price was sentenced to a minimum sentence of 21-years behind bars. Goldie, who knew the victim's father, also told The Mirror, "I am devastated at the loss of someone's life. ... I felt more sorrow that someone's mother had woken up without a son, that played more on my mind than anything else. I've lost friends and people that I've admired. The loss of any life is a travesty."

After Price was sentenced, Detective Constable Allison Smith read a statement (via The Daily Mail) written by the Morris family, which addressed Goldie's difficult situation as well, stating, "We are not the only victims here. The family of Jamie Price will also be suffering."

Ray Sharkey, the actor known for his roles on TV's Wiseguy and the 1980 film, The Idolmaker, had something new added to his legacy in 2015, 12 years after his death. On September 19 of that year, Sharkey's daughter, Cecelia Sharkey, allegedly killed Patricia Metropoulos with a baseball bat. The victim was Cecelia's boyfriend's mother, and the attack allegedly turned violent during a verbal altercation at Patricia's home in Reseda, California. Though Cecelia fled the scene, she was later brought in to police custody without any resistance.

Over the next two years, Cecelia's fate hung in the balance. If convicted, she faced life in prison or the death penalty. In November of 2017, however, the case was finally closed, and the sentence was neither of those options. Cecelia pleaded no contest to the second-degree murder charges, with her defense insisting that she was "insane at the time of the crime." The court's findings agreed with that claim, and Cecelia was sent to Patton State Hospital, a secure treatment center in San Bernardino, California, which houses many of the state's criminally insane. It's unclear how long Cecelia will remain in that prison-like facility.

When Coolio (Artis Ivey Jr.) was arrested in 2012 for some active bench warrants resulting from traffic violations, he was held in the same jail as his son, Grtis Ivey, was already being held in. While the father would be released for his lesser crimes, the son would face a longer road to freedom.

In November of 2011, Grtis was arrested after he and a female accomplice allegedly robbed an apartment while holding the tenant at gunpoint. TMZ reported that Grtis' accomplice, an alleged prostitute named Shantrice Wilkerson, chose the robbery victim after her failed attempt to have sex with the man for money. Grtis and Shantrice then allegedly revisited the man's apartment a few nights later, but the target wasn't home — his roommate was. The armed suspects then forced the roommate into the bathroom and then robbed the place.

It seems that the two crooks didn't think they would be identified, but they were. With descriptions provided by the victim, Grtis and Shantrice were soon arrested. According to another TMZ report, in exchange for pleading guilty to a felony robbery charge, prosecutors dropped the other charges. In the end, however, Grtis was still sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.

Sarah Palin is best known for running alongside the late Senator John McCain during the 2008 presidential election, but her family is no stranger to scandal — particularly her eldest son, Track. The army vet has faced his fair share of legal woes following multiple accusations of domestic violence.

According to CNN, Track was arrested for a third time in September 2018, after he reportedly got into an argument and assaulted a female acquaintance, before taking her phone away to prevent her from calling for help. While he later pleaded, "Not guilty, for sure," to misdemeanor charges of domestic violence, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, he was automatically looking at a one-year sentence.

The bust violated the terms of an agreement stemming from Track's December 2017 arrest, after he allegedly broke into his parents' home and physically assaulted his father, Todd: he could either complete a therapeutic program for veterans and serve a 10-day stint or spend a whole year behind bars. Sarah Palin previously attributed her son's PTSD, which stems from his service in Iraq, to playing a role in his alleged behavior. However, this latest incident unfortunately disqualified him from the program. 

While a judge later agreed to delay his sentence until December 2018 after a spot at another treatment hospital meant for rehabilitating veterans became available, it's unclear at the time of this writing whether Track will serve his sentence at a halfway house or in jail.