However, most people from Ohio will quickly point out that the arrest couldn't have happened in Cleveland since the Ohio State Fair is held in Columbus.Īn Associated Press report that ran in The Plain Dealer describes what actually happened. As you can see from Frankie Valli's mugshot, the 1965 arrest for skipping out on a hotel bill the year prior most likely took place. This Frankie Valli mugshot was taken in 1965 when Valli, Bob Gaudio and Tommy DeVito were arrested for skipping out on a July 1964 hotel bill. 'We were so afraid that if anybody found out we had members who'd done time, radio and record companies wouldn't have anything to do with us,' says the real Frankie Valli. Instead, the band put forth a clean-cut image that mainstream audiences embraced without hesitation. The media never caught wind of the group's sordid history, a detail that in the 1960s would have likely kept them from becoming stars. If you come out alive, that's an achievement.' -Vegas Seven 'I'm not proud of it, but I'm not ashamed of it. 'Yeah, I went to jail seven or eight times,' says DeVito. Tommy DeVito, portrayed by Vincent Piazza in the movie, was in and out of prison. Several of The Four Seasons members had been behind bars at one time or another, most notably Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. Despite Joe Pesci having been friends with The Four Seasons members, specifically Tommy DeVito, the character named Tommy DeVito that Joe Pesci plays in director Martin Scorsese's 1990 film Goodfellas is not based on The Four Seasons band member.ĭid some of The Four Seasons members really have prison records?

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