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The Cop is Putting Himself Away

June 22, 2006


The Village People are missing Gay Pride. The cop, Victor Willis, is in rehab. All is not lost: Willis released a statement saying that he’s getting better.

“The nightmare of drug abuse'' is being lifted from my life, Willis said.

Now 54, the original policeman has been undergoing in-custody substance abuse counseling since his arrest in South San Francisco in March for drug possession and giving false identification to a police officer.

Willis said his attorney will ask a San Mateo County (Northern California, just south of San Francisco) to approve his release into a residential drug rehab program at his pretrial hearing set for July 3.

As “The Cop,” Willis co-wrote hits such as ''YMCA'' and ''In the Navy,'' and left The Village People in 1980. After allegedly jumping bail last fall, he was featured on a December episode of the TV crime show ''America's Most Wanted.''

 

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Sal Sapienza wrote:

The cop shown in the photo is not Victor Willis, but Ray Simpson (brother of Valerie Simpson, of Ashford & Simpson). He took over for Willis in 1979, right before filming of "Can't Stop the Music." Victor Willis has not been a part of the group in over 25 years. He used to be married to Phylicia Rashad. Okay, I know way too much about the Village People, but I'm writing on a book on Jacques Morali, the man who created the group. And, yes, it's surprising that the group has not been booked for any Pride events in the U.S. this year, but they are touring Italy, Columbia and the Phillipines during the month of June.


Editors Note: Thanks for catching that. We're going to fix ASAP.

posted at June 23, 2006 03:48 AM

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