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>> it's going to be a new trial now, and everything is going to come out. the truth is going to come out. >> torres' cellmate ryan abbey also got good news at a recent court hearing. he was accepted into a rehab program, and a few weeks into it has written to torres about life outside the orange county jail. >> i received two letters from ryan since he's been gone. he goes, hey, jimmy, what's up, buddy? did some research -- did some research on the mummy bandit thing for me, and he says there's mummy bandits all over the place. it's like a mummy nation. he mentions that sobriety is great. peop...

On this. >> ryan abbey has never been caught with alcohol in jail, but it's gotten him into plenty of trouble on the outside. >> drink and i get aggressive, i guess, and i start arguing and, you know, it's pitiful. i hadn't had a drink in 16 months, so this -- this is actually the second time i've drinken in 16 months, and this is where it brought me back to so, yeah. i did five months here last time. i was here last year, and i said i wasn't going to drink again, and here we are. >> but alcohol is more than just a problem for abbey. it's also the foundation of his career. >> i'm an investor i...

>> but for now torres puts his book aside to help out his cellmate ryan abbey. >> basically what you want to tell them is that you need help, buddy, okay? >> yeah. >> you've got a problem. we both know that. what you told me, i read the police reports. >> abbey was convinced his latest arrest would send him to prison, but the judge has allowed him the option of entering an alcohol treatment program. now he just has to be accepted by one. >> 38 years old now, theo lacy, alcoholic. >> definitely. >> like to be accepted to your program. if i could be accepted to your program. the judge recently a...

>> but for now, torres puts his book aside. to help out his cellmate, ryan abbey. >> basically what you want to tell them is that you need help. >> yeah. >> you got a problem. we both know that. >> what you told me, i read the police reports. >> abbey was convinced his latest arrest would send him to prison, but the judge has allowed him the option of entering an alcohol treatment program. now he just has to be accepted by one. >> 38 years old, male, alcoholic, like to be accepted to your program. if i could be accepted to your program, the judge recently aloued me to go to rehabilitation. >> ...

>> it's going to be a new trial now, and everything's going to come out. the truth is going to come out. >> torres' cellmate ryan abbey also got good news at a court hearing. he was accepted into a rehab program and a few weeks into it has written to torres about life outside the orange county jail. >> i received two letters from ryan since he's been gone. he goes, hey, jimmy, what's up, buddy? did some research on the "mummy bandit" thing for me. he says there's "mummy bandits" all over the place, like a mummy nation. he mentions that sobriety is great. people are good at the house. he says h...