Legal news of the criminal kind now. Victor Willis, the one who dressed like a policeman in the Village People, has been arrested in California, having missed that court date when he was due to be sentenced to sixteen months for those previously reported cocaine possession and firearm charges. That sentence was based on a plea deal with prosecutors, but his subsequent skipping of bail may now lead to as much as five years imprisonment, including eight months for additional drugs charges.
Willis co-wrote Village People's big hits 'In The Navy' and 'YMCA', but left in 1980. The band replaces him with Ray Simpson and continued to tour. Assistant DA Morley Pitt says of Willis: "It's just sad that his life has spiralled down to the point where in all likelihood he's going to go to prison."