Good Grief! Charlie Brown Actor Peter Robbins Sentenced To Rehab For Stalking Ex-Girlfriend; Robbins Also Harassed Her Plastic Surgeon

Good grief! Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown, was sentenced to a year in jail and then immediately released and sent to a drug treatment center for threatening his former girlfriend and stalking her plastic surgeon. In the mid-'60s, Robbins played the famously beleaguered Charlie Brown in numerous Peanuts TV specials, including It's a Charlie Brown Christmas and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Robbins, 56, pled guilty last month and has been in jail since last January for calling his ex-girlfriend 37 times in a day and threatening to kill her and her son if she didn't return his car and his dog (named Snoopy).

He also allegedly stalked her female plastic surgeon and demanded a refund for her breast enhancement, calling the office so frequently that the surgeon moved to a hotel and hired an armed guard. Robbins blamed his behavior on his addictions to alcohol and prescription drugs, declaring that treatment was a necessary step to becoming the "the fun-loving person" he once was.

In addition to sentencing Robbins to five years' probation, Superior Court Judge Dwayne Moring also ordered him to pay the plastic surgeon $15,082 in restitution and to avoid contacting her for 10 years. Any violations of terms of his probation will lead to a mandatory four-year sentence. Judge Moring borrowed a line from Charlie Brown's friend Lucy in telling Robbins in court: "Don't be a blockhead."

Robbins was originally charged with "four felony counts of making a threat to cause death or great bodily injury and one felony count of stalking," having been held in jail for the last four months on $550,000 bond.

Since his time as a child voice actor, Robbins hosted a radio talk show in Palm Springs, California, in the mid '90s. He most recently worked as a real estate manager in Van Nuys, California.

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