Linda Hogan’s Future Father-In-Law Arrested On Felony Drug Charge
June 30 2011, Published 8:00 a.m. ET
by RadarOnline.com Staff
Linda Hogan spills the dirt with ease on her ex-husband, Hulk Hogan, in her new book, Wrestling the Hulk: My Life Against the Ropes. But there’s one sensitive subject that appears to be off-limits — the father of her 22-year-old boy toy fiance’, Charlie Hill.
Star magazine can exclusively report via RadarOnline that Linda’s prospective father-in-law, Richard Hill — at 52, just one year older than Linda — was arrested on March 23, according to Clearwater (Florida) Police Department and Pinellas County Circuit Court documents, on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance, the narcotic pain reliever propoxyphene, under the brand name Darvocet.
Hill had been pulled over at 11:45 p.m. during a traffic stop for not wearing his seat belt, according to the Clearwater Police arrest report, when the officer noticed a bottle of prescription pills in the driver’s side door pocket. Hill allegedly told the officer the prescription was his, but the name on the bottle was that of Hill’s 89-year-old mother. Hill then allegedly told the officer that his mother had given him the drugs — which turned out to be 35 100-milligram Darvocet pills — to help with his back pain. The officer noted in the report that he was later unable to make contact with Hill’s mother at her home address.
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He was arrested and transported to the local jail, and later posted $2000 bond and was released. According to court documents, he was not able to afford an attorney when he appeared before a judge and was eventually appointed a public defender due to “insolvency” -- the inability to pay one’s debts.
Hill has pled not guilty to the charges; a pre-trial hearing is scheduled for July 26.
Linda and Charlie — who was a high school friend of her and Hulk’s children, Brooke, 23, and Nick, 21 — began dating in 2008 and became engaged last August.
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