Actor Randy Quaid and his wife are arrested
After allegedly skipping out on a Santa Barbara hotel bill earlier this month, actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, were arrested Thursday near Marfa, Texas.
Hours earlier, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department had obtained a warrant for their arrest, accusing them of running up a tab of more than $10,000 at an unidentified hotel.
Department spokesman Drew Sugars said Evi Quaid apparently put up a struggle during the arrest but "was quickly restrained.'
It was not clear whether the couple would be extradited to Santa Barbara, Sugars said.
—Steve Chawkins
EDITOR'S PICKS:
You might get away with that in Texas but not Santa Barbara.
Likely that fancy hotel owned by Fess Parker or Daniel Boone. You NEVER rip off Daniel Boone and expect to get away with it.
Vito
Posted by: uncle_vito | September 24, 2009 at 06:46 PM
Times are tough all over.
Posted by: Bob Poole | September 24, 2009 at 08:58 PM
Talk about lunch money, NOT near as bad as the Deadbeat Diva Article that came out in the Star about little Pamela Anderson with a $250 thousand tax lien, over a million in mechanics liens, another million in...
At least most of like Quaid more than that pamelaHAS-BEEN with her ugly clothes and smelly perfume?
Posted by: John Q. Public | September 25, 2009 at 05:07 AM
We find out that after making a career of playing low-functioning goofballs he wasn't acting.
Posted by: MichaelRyerson | September 25, 2009 at 05:28 AM
Great job to the SBSD and the management of the hotel where the Quaid's stayed at. Just because you're a celebrity doesn't mean that you don't have to pay your bills. I'm glad the hotel and the sheriff's department pursued the matter and not make it a civil matter. Because of the Quaid's status, a lot of hotels would have tried to take the Quaids to court to collect the money.
Posted by: mike | September 25, 2009 at 05:43 AM
That's a lot of room service and Pay-for-View.
Posted by: Mike OHara | September 25, 2009 at 05:43 AM