Short Takes : Grammer’s Probation Extended

Actor Kelsey Grammer, who plays pompous psychiatrist Frasier Crane on “Cheers,” was sentenced to an extra two years probation and ordered to undergo drug testing after admitting using cocaine.

Grammer, serving three years’ probation after pleading guilty last August to cocaine possession, admitted to a probation officer that he snorted cocaine last year during a special taping of the NBC television show in Boston.

Van Nuys Superior Court Judge James Coleman found Monday that Grammer had violated his probation and imposed the extended probation and twice-weekly drug tests.

Prosecutors said the sentence is appropriate because Grammer is trying to fight a drug abuse problem.

“We never would have found out if Kelsey hadn’t told us,” said Deputy District Atty. Teri Hutchison. “He felt that the truth was part of his recovery process.”

In August, Grammer also was sentenced to 90 days house arrest and 300 hours of community service, fined $500 and ordered to complete a substance-abuse program.