SOUTHLAND : Probation for Susan Cabot Son
The son of actress Susan Cabot, star of numerous 1950s “B” movies, was sentenced today to three years’ probation for bludgeoning her to death with a metal bar in 1986.
Timothy Scott Roman, 25, an art student at Pierce College, was sentenced by Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Darlene Schempp, who convicted him Oct. 10 of involuntary manslaughter after a non-jury trial.
Roman, who was born a dwarf but took steroids and other drugs as a child to stimulate his growth to his current 5-feet-4, could have been sentenced to up to six years in state prison.
Cabot, 59, who had been plagued by mental and emotional problems, was bludgeoned to death by her son in their Encino home Dec. 10, 1986.
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