https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151757375523714&set=a.325858998713.190826.627618713&type=1&theater

not sure if anyone can see this pic...not sure how else to post it. I can email it to someone but it's a mugshot of him from circa 1980. Saw it at the Hard Rock Cafe in Boston and took a snapshot.

Prince was not arrested This is just part of some photo shoot? Does anyone know the story?

He was according to Dez in his book " My time with Prince" . They did a prank in a airport that got them escorted off the plane and were in custody by the airport marshall

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The picture is from an early Right On! magazine and the mug shot plaque was added by a fan as an April Fool's joke a few years ago. I can't believe the life it has taken on online.

I hate to get into this because it is a traumatic memory for me, but here goes. When I was six years old, my family went on a vacation to Jackson. We were eating at a restaurant and Prince was sitting at the table next to us with a young woman. He left to go to the bathroom, and she ordered a bunch of stuff from the menu while he was out of the room. When Prince came back, he was really angry and he took a bowl of mashed potatoes and threw them all over his date. Some of them got on me as well. He was arrested and I had to testify as a witness for the prosecution, but ultimately he was let off on a technicality.

So, now you know the truth.

Camel theft!

BobPaisleyPark said:

Who else is a little disappointed that this story isn't about Michael.

michael bland was arresred?

I really suspect a bathroom stall and vainandy might have something to do with this.

luv4u said:

He was not arrested.This pic pops up usually on April Fools day and some folks fall for this.

Incorrect. The incident is genuine, as Kae510 suggests, it was due to an incident on a plane, a photo was taken after arrest by the police but I believe the charges were dropped. It is mentioned in many of the Prince biographies out there.

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electricberet said:

I hate to get into this because it is a traumatic memory for me, but here goes. When I was six years old, my family went on a vacation to Jackson. We were eating at a restaurant and Prince was sitting at the table next to us with a young woman. He left to go to the bathroom, and she ordered a bunch of stuff from the menu while he was out of the room. When Prince came back, he was really angry and he took a bowl of mashed potatoes and threw them all over his date. Some of them got on me as well. He was arrested and I had to testify as a witness for the prosecution, but ultimately he was let off on a technicality.

So, now you know the truth.

Interesting. And did Prince then buy the restaurant?

Miles said:

electricberet said:

I hate to get into this because it is a traumatic memory for me, but here goes. When I was six years old, my family went on a vacation to Jackson. We were eating at a restaurant and Prince was sitting at the table next to us with a young woman. He left to go to the bathroom, and she ordered a bunch of stuff from the menu while he was out of the room. When Prince came back, he was really angry and he took a bowl of mashed potatoes and threw them all over his date. Some of them got on me as well. He was arrested and I had to testify as a witness for the prosecution, but ultimately he was let off on a technicality.

So, now you know the truth.

Interesting. And did Prince then buy the restaurant?

If you go to the Ajax Diner in Oxford, MS, you will see picures (hand-drawn, not photos) of the famous people that have eaten there.

Prince's picture is the first one you'll see!

So I guess Prince played a show at Ole Miss at some point?

Miles said:

electricberet said:

I hate to get into this because it is a traumatic memory for me, but here goes. When I was six years old, my family went on a vacation to Jackson. We were eating at a restaurant and Prince was sitting at the table next to us with a young woman. He left to go to the bathroom, and she ordered a bunch of stuff from the menu while he was out of the room. When Prince came back, he was really angry and he took a bowl of mashed potatoes and threw them all over his date. Some of them got on me as well. He was arrested and I had to testify as a witness for the prosecution, but ultimately he was let off on a technicality.

So, now you know the truth.

Interesting. And did Prince then buy the restaurant?

Yes, and strangely enough, the mashed potato girl still works there.

SuperSoulFighter said:

I once saw this picture on a t-shirt in a shop in Leiden, Holland, together with other shirts with photos of rock stars who really were arrested, such as Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison. The guy in the shop assured me that it was real, but I had never seen or heared this. (btw, at €50 I found the t-shirts a little too expensive so I didn't buy one.)

Whether it's true or not, the story IS in Dez's book. The story spans about 3 pages. Since I'm away from home and can't scan the pages, I took a picture of the last page of the story so folks can see that it is, in fact, in the book. (See the link below.) And I just now noticed Dez's use of "taken" instead of "taking". I guess no one hires an editor anymore. Sigh!

http://www.james-tech.com...okpage.jpg

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TheFreakerFantastic said: