Richard Pryor’s Wife Told Why Richard Shot At Her…

Posted On : May 18, 2015

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We have nothing but love for Richard Pryor, but we all know that he’s admitted plenty of times interviews and in his comedy acts that he had his wild days. In 1978 Richard Pryor had to turn himself into Los Angeles police after a warrant was issued for his arrest on an ‘assault with a deadly weapon’ charge from an incident that happened at his home on New Year’s day. His wife spoke out about it in a public interview and Richard eventually included it in his stand up routine a few times.

According to the investigating officer, Sgt. Lou Bobbit, Pryor’s neighbors said they were awakened by gunfire at 8 o’clock in the morning and called the police. They then ran outside to see what was going on and they say the saw…

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