Leif Garrett Rehab Promise Secures Prison Release

Leif Garrett Released After Promising To Attend Rehab.Seventies pop icon LEIF GARRETT has been released from jail after telling a judge he wanted to check into a drug diversion programme.The 44-year-old singer was arrested last Saturday (14JAN06) in Los Angeles after police allegedly found heroin on his possession as they searched him after he tried to ride the subway without a ticket.The fallen idol has since been detained at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles and held without bail because he has an outstanding warrant for his arrest for violating the terms of his probation from a prior drug arrest last March (05).But authorities agreed to release the troubled star on Friday (20JAN06) after he agreed to seek counselling help in a rehab facility.