WASHINGTON PARK, IL (KTVI-FOX2now.com)—
A picture he's posed for many times before. Former mobster Henry Hill was arrested this week in the Metro East. The one time wise guy and inspiration for the movie "Goodfellas" is definitely older, but is he any wiser? "I was drunk as a skunk." Henry Hill, 66, is still battling demons like alcohol abuse that led to his arrest here this week. He's in town selling paintings and making personal appearances at a strip club. He points to a painting, "That's a rat. I'm a rat. That's me. It's a self-portait."Hill is laughing about something he once feared would get him killed - going from mobster, to mob-informant, "There was a time in my life I would have put a gun in my mouth before I ever thought I would ever inform on anybody."
He says nearly everything in the movie based on his life, Martin Scorcese's "Goodfellas," is accurate.
Hill's selling paintings Wednesday night at the Hustler Club in Washington Park, Illinois, then heading back home to California. He's reportedly on probation for disorderly conduct and public drunkeness there. He was booted from the Federal Witness Protection Program after being arrested on drug charges in 1987.
