12.15.09
St Louis Strip Clubs: ‘Goodfellas’ mobster blames alcohol for arrest
… Goodfellas’ mobster blames alcohol for arrest
By JIM SUHR Associated Press Writer
Posted: 12/15/2009 08:57:18 AM PST
Updated: 12/15/2009 09:38:16 AM PST
ST. LOUIS—A gangster-turned-FBI informant whose exploits were the basis of the 1990 Martin Scorsese mob film “Goodfellas” said Tuesday his struggles with alcohol again are to blame for his weekend arrest after a drunken disturbance at a hotel.
Police hauled 66-year-old Henry Hill of Topanga, Calif., away in handcuffs Sunday after the dustup in a Drury Inn lobby in Fairview Heights, Ill., while he was in the St. Louis area for a three-day showing of his artwork and to sign autographs at a nearby Larry Flynt strip club.
Free on bond on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, Hill told The Associated Press on Tuesday he doesn’t remember much about the weekend flare-up at the Drury.