12.15.09
St Louis Strip Clubs: ‘Goodfellas’ mobster blames alcohol for arrest
Published: 7:08PM GMT 15 Dec 2009
Henry Hill, a 66-year-old Californian, was hauled away in handcuffs on Sunday after an altercation in a Drury Inn lobby in Illinois.
He was in the St Louis area for a showing of his artwork and to sign autographs at a nearby Larry Flynt strip club.
Hill is free on bond on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
He told The Associated Press on Tuesday he does not remember much about the weekend flare-up.
“Ever drink too much? Well, that’s what happened,” he said by telephone from his room at a different Fairview Heights hotel. “I was in the hotel lobby and I guess I caused a little commotion.”
He said the details of his arrest remain foggy.
“I don’t remember too much. It’s coming back a little bit, but I drank just one too many,” he said. “I woke up a few hours later in a jail cell.”