Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Cunningham appointed a temporary guardian to manage Meisner's drug prescriptions and health ahead of a follow-up hearing scheduled for September.

The 68-year-old was in court to oppose the order, but spoke only to confirm his name. Meisner said in May that his long-time friend James Newton was lying when he said that Randy's wife Lana keeps her husband in a "state of near-constant inebriation" because "he is easier to control when he's drunk."

Newton filed papers in April seeking a legal intervention known as a conservatorship - an American legal concept where a guardian and protector is appointed by a judge to manage the financial affairs of another due to physical or mental limitations or old age.

This week's emergency ruling related to Meisner's medical affairs came after Newton's lawyer Troy Martin argued in court that Meisner has been diagnosed as bipolar. Read more - here.

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