Reportedly, after nearly three years of legal trouble, the former child actor famous for his voice-over work as Charlie Brown in the 1960s - Peter Robbins, has been sentenced to almost five years behind bars for making threats.
Peter Robbins was the first actor to voice Charlie Brown between the ages of 9 and 13, and he retired from acting in 1973.
The 59 year old voice actor had been on probation for a stalking charge since 2013 and Robbins was apprehended for failing to comply with his probation by drinking alcohol, cutting off his GPS bracelet and not attending his domestic violence classes.
The first threat Peter Robbins did was directed at the manager of the mobile home community - Patrick Brophy, where Robbins lived. The second threat was towards Bill Gore (San Diego County Sheriff). And reportedly both threats were sent in a letter from jail.
However, in court, Peter Robbins stated that he has bipolar disorder and was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
Peter Robbins said, "This is what happens when you have bipolar. You behave as if you are under the influence of drugs. I want justice to be served, but I'm mentally ill.... To stick me three years into a state prison is not benefiting the justice system. I feel I deserve at least a second chance."
But, as stated by Brenda Daly - a district attorney, the sentence for the voice actor was fair and just. After the testimony of Patrick Brophy, District Attorney Brenda Daly commented that they exactly portrayed the situation that Peter Robbins had caused.
Brenda Daly stated, "They spoke about everything that he has done, the threats and the drawings, and sort of the continuation of threats and terror that Peter Robbins reigned upon that community and those people of that residential area, a lot of the residents being elderly people, so they were very frightened."
