After allegedly fleeing from a $10,000 bill at the upscale San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Babra, CA, Randy Quaid's reputation has been diminished.
PEOPLE examines the life of the once respected funnyman and his wife, Evi Quaid. Check It Out
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Randy Quaid: From Respected Actor to Suspected Felon
After allegedly fleeing from a $10,000 bill at the upscale San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Babra, CA, Randy Quaid's reputation has been diminished.
PEOPLE examines the life of the once respected funnyman and his wife, Evi Quaid. Check It Out
Randy Quaid's friends still think well of him. "He's a really nice guy and insanely funny," Allan Evangelista tells PEOPLE after working with the actor on his most recent film, 'Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story.'
"Everyone was just trying not to laugh when he would improvise. He's really down to earth ... just a cool guy to work with," Evangelista added.
And the 'Brokeback Mountain' star's lawyer defends him and his wife, Evi.
"They were never on the run from the law. They have a history of 20 years of staying at [the San Ysidro Ranch], and they have a history of always paying ... There's a lot of misinformation out there about this. It's much ado about nothing," Rod Ponton says of their legal troubles.
The pair missed four court appearances, leading to a warrant for their arrest. However, they recently posted bond. Ponton also explains that the bill for the hotel has been paid.
Not everyone is happy with them, though.
In September when Evi resisted arrest regarding the hotel incident, she taped a sign up that said "Davis takes payment$," referring to the police officer James Davis, who tried to take her into custody. Davis has since sued her for defamation.
Yet Evi's estranged father jumps to her defense.
"These are nice people. Evi is very flamboyant and really into that Hollywood scene. She has a real artistic flair. Randy is a great guy," George Motolanez describes to PEOPLE.
Many credit the couple's downward spiral with a rift with the Actors' Equity Association, when complaints were filed against Randy, leading him to be ousted.
"After that, [Evi] flipped," private investigator Becky Altringer says. "That's when she started saying everyone was against them, and now she's saying I'm against them."
Furthermore, several actors filed restraining orders against Randy's wife, adding to their troubles.
Despite everything, Ponton insists this will end well for his clients.
"It's just a minor deal that's going to probably get worked out. They're both nice, reputable people. They're artists, they're a little different, but they're not criminals."
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Monday 09 November
By jake192168
yeah your never a crimminal if your an... artist. hilter was an artist as well. ever see the son of sam drawings. charles manson is an artist and does some painting. blah blah blah. pay your nbills a..holes
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Monday 09 November
By waagtod
right on...michael jackson was an "artist' too, so iguess it was ok he had "Boys pants 1/2 off"?
Monday 09 November
By trixie
hilter? Do you mean Hitler (an artist)? WTF. he was a killer, who cares if he called himself an "artist".
Monday 09 November
By youngblood
Randy needs to dump the crazy chick!!!!!!
Monday 09 November
By Derrel
and doesn't evi look a bit like hitler?
Monday 09 November
By Youngblood
Send that soccer playing dike from New Mexico to kick their ass and swing them around by the hair.
Tuesday 10 November
By Katiana
Jakie...it's "you're" not your...and "Hitler" not Hilter...AND it's "criminal" not crimminal. Creosote your (not you're) brain, wood head, to keep it from rotting. :-), ILY.
Monday 09 November
By pugz
it's obvious she couldn't pay because she smoked-up the money. and what's up with the 1920's bear skin coat.
Tuesday 10 November
By John
lets not forget....Wesley Snipes, O J. Simpson, and Roman Polanski....all artists who are "not criminals"....LOL
Monday 09 November
By pat
Its always been a short fall from the the top to the bottom in this country.
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Monday 09 November
By kate
Never cared for him very much so it's not such big news.
Monday 09 November
By Lori
Get off the pipe
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Monday 09 November
By Mclevel103
Hang in there Randy!!!! You will do the right thing in the end! We support you.
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Monday 09 November
By kuntakentay
typical liberal hollywood democrat tryin to get something for nothing. do you democrats have no shame? take a good long look at your kids i bet you will find some
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Monday 09 November
By Corky
Are you for real? Don't you mean war criminals and liars like the Repugnicants?!
Monday 09 November
By dcbrandtpd
And you are a typical conservative with an IQ hovering below room temperature. You conservatives won't be happy until you have everyone brain washed. Get an education, and quit banging people in your own bloodline. Idiot.
Monday 09 November
By Ian
What does this have to do with Liberal Dems,,You sounds more like a Rebublican who's hanging out at an airport mens room looking for a date,so you better get going or you'll miss all the good ones...
Monday 09 November
By slyandcrazy
Here we go with the political bull crap again, good god can’t we even discuss an actors problems with out some idiot going all political on us?????? Shut up!!!!!!! Go watch fox or something dummy lol….
Monday 09 November
By xenophon
Maybe you dumbocrats don't like the fact that most of the Hollywood trash are all dumbocrats - you enjoy them when they look good and speak up for your stupid causes and anti-american bs - but you throw them under the bus when they do what these libs do - alot of drugs and alcohol. Established fact that Quaid is a liberal Dem and he is also an idiot and drug addict. Typical libs - drug addicts, alcoholics, wife/woman beaters, child molesters, and rapists - and that's just the dems in the Congress.
Monday 09 November
By badsanta1211
if your so again'st so-called hollywood liberals, why are you even on this page? whats up with the ultra racist screen name? for anyone too young to remember, kuntakentay was a slave in the book/movie ROOTS. he was whipped until he accepted his "white" name, toby. so whats really going on?