David Bowie 1976 arrest in Rochester. A local woman breaks her decades long silence.
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- Опубликовано: 24 мар 2019
- Chi Wah Soo opens up about her famous Rochester arrest with musician David Bowie in 1976.
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As if being spotted & singled out by David Bowie isn’t grand enough on its own, what’s equally amazing is; she wasn’t a minor, didn’t smoke, had an unblemished record and stayed silent out of, wait for it...RESPECT FOR HER PARENTS. Very impressive.
She also didn't talk about it to her kids out of respect for her husband. An undoubtedly virtuous individual; good for her.
Sadly, but it almost sounds like an anomaly rather then cultivated and "usual" upbringing in younger generations of today... ^_^
Bowie wasn't afraid of the younger ones apparently. It was somewhat more normalised back then.
@@Ligerpride David was only 29!! He was young!! Oh wait, that makes me sound old. 😄
@@manxuberglider8 29 is one thing, but the females I mean were younger than 21....a good bit younger. I'm not making a moral call on it but nowadays that's enough to get somebody cancelled.
Getting arrested with David Bowie.
What a wonderful story what a wonderful woman
'It was pretty cool' ... LOL 💜
priceless
I don’t think she would agree with you. The experience devastated her.
Great avatar, *Bryan B* - _Well Played!_
I consider Bowie ,one of best ever Musicians & artistic pioner vido-artists etc ever- Althought i do personal think that, generaly approximatly each album was a bit worse than the last one .check out his 66? (sorry thinking of world football cup-can anyone remember who won it-Shsss dont mention 2 WWs-hope i got away with that without beieng banned) & 67?
If my mom was arrested with David Bowie, I would put that in my resumé
litterally tho
Right? underrated comment.
Me too. It would be mentioned in the annual Christmas newsletter. I have never written one, but that would be a reason to start.
@@mareenalewis4241 HOW ironic that you used those words “ME TOO”....
in the context of lauding and wishing that your mom went alone into a hotel bedroom of a MAN that was a stranger to her, a MAN she has met minutes earlier.....women do not think before they open their mouth.
Truth.
That mugshot looks so professionally shot. He could have used it for an album cover and I would not have believed it was actually genuine.
She's a great storyteller. I would listen to her just talk about her life back then to be honest. The fact that she has this awesome Bowie story is just the icing on the cake.
Getting arrested with David Bowie is like the most epic way to ever get arrested...
“Far out!” What a story! !!
Yeah, if you have to get arrested this is probably the way to do it. She is truly a beautiful woman, then and now.
Most epic comment I read here - hands down 🙌🏼😁
he was a tweaker who wrote songs, nothing to be proud of
@@KabobHope I wonder is she’s his China Girl?
This woman has such a cool energy, must be great to hear her tell her stories in a coffee shop.
Just remember to tip your fedora.
Totally, i wish she was my mum
She’s a class act, just like he was.
I have to agree. She didn't sell her story to the tabloids for a quick buck and only speaks about it when it doesn't really matter and can't hurt anyone's reputation and she tells the story wonderfully.
@@KabobHope Ditto.
David Bowie’s Mugshot looks better than most stars Photoshopped posters. 😂
Yes, extremely photogenic.
He was gifted with a face that was equally masculine as well as feminine.
@@donkeydump63 hit the nail on the head.
@@donkeydump63 yeah he looks like Jamie Lee Curtis
It actually highlights how handsome he was. Mugshots aren't usually flattering (with some notable exceptions).
YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY TODAY CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT BOWIE SAW ALL THOSE DECADES AGO
There are pics of her at the beginning of the clip, smokin' hot.
She’s stunning 😍 age seems to only have brought her more beautiful.
What a GREAT STORY! That photo of her is DROP DEAD GORGEOUS!!!
Even at 61 she looks good....and no make-up!
She still is
I'm 55 .....but even when I was 30....I would still see her as a attractive woman....she beautiful!
She is still drop dead gorgeous
@@markyeeee She is.....she looks great for a woman in her 60s....
This lady is a sweetheart. It's a wild world out there folks.
Trade
I can see what he saw in her, all these years later and she is still a good looking woman.
Uh yeah sure ok
Yeah, she’s got something.
Can I get a “hell yeah”?
She is, yes.
That photo from when she was younger? Stunning! She still is.
We had tickets for his Madison Square Garden show later that week and when it was announced that he was arrested we were very worried his show would be cancelled. But the show went on and it was great!
What songs did he do? Was it Station To Station, at that point?
@@Revelian1982 Yes, it was the Station To Station tour, he also played Stay, TVC15 and Word On A Wing from that album. This is the Long Island show that was between the Rochester and Madison Square Garden show so this is what it sounded like. ruclips.net/video/FyYZUpDQA6U/видео.html
@@ulysses1904 Thank you.
@ulysses1904 I’m envious. In 1976 I was 8 and a fanatic for David Bowie, Elton John and KISS. We lived in the city, I asked my parents to take me to the show at MSG, they refused, and I didn’t actually get to see a concert until 1981 when I was 13. KISS and Elton faded for me, but I’m still a big fan of David Bowie, and Station to Station is my favorite album. I briefly met Carlos Alomar at a restaurant in the village in the 90’s and it was huge for me.
@@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 That's great that you met Carlos Alomar, I have always admired his work. I wish I could have met Dennis Davis, I still listen to his drum solo from the 1976 Nassau Coliseum show constantly. I have never heard a musician so connected with his instrument and it inspires me to this day.
She’s a beautiful woman.. Then and Now.. Wow
Agreed! I found myself wishing she was single and for the first time in 40 years I wished I was back in upstate New York!
I need a plane ticket & a haircut
lol except... she isnt and wasnt.
@@killacounty This is a good survey. Original Poster has 56 upvotes now on a 3 day headstart, let's c how u do over time, re the mature version of a woman that a rockstar picked out of a crowd
Yikes.
I thought this was going to be, "he did something very wrong to me, and got charged"...i feel a mild relief...
Those stories are ignored by his fans anyway
@@Jimking666 I would assume so, yes...
@@Jimking666 Stop the press! Hold the front page! Rock star Had adventurous sex life in the seventies.
@@Jimking666 no,no they're really not. there's really only one story that's worringly illegal/horribly fucked up and it's demonstrably untrue in a wide variety of ways.
@@thepuppethead1188 this is to keep up his image. They don't want the real truth coming out. About the under age boys and girls.
I can't believe he got arrested for smoking pot with a 20 year old. That's a ridiculously benign thing, especially considering what 70s rock stars were known to get up to.
Thats just the way it was back then.
pay attention, 6:39, he had a half pound of weed
@@SeamHead33 Yes, but weed is a fairly harmless drug and this is during the period where Bowie's cocaine use was so heavy he was experiencing psychosis. The point is drug laws have historically been weird and arbitrary, and rarely based on the actual harm caused by a drug.
@@etanaedelman9011 he didn't get arrested for smoking pot with a 20 year old,he got arrested for allegedly having a half pound of pot. thats not wierd or arbitrary. thats in line with most drug laws in history until fairly recently
@@SeamHead33 My point is he was arrested for being in possession of pot during a period where he was heavily using cocaine, a drug that actually does have serious effects. It was stupid to criminalize weed in the first place but I was really pointing out the irony of the situation. Many rock stars of that era were doing hard drugs and sleeping with underage girls. So it's funny that Bowie's famous mugshot was an arrest for something that was ultimately pretty harmless.
Sorry to hear about your frightening ordeal meeting your idol David Bowie. Glad you were cleared of any charges, and you met David Bowie. Thank you for not mentioning this while David Bowie was still alive, that shows a lot of respect for someone so loved for his musical talents. What DB does with substances is his business.
Thank you Madam Soo for sharing your story.
Seriously!
Bowie’s mugshot looks better than most Hollywood actors photo for a movie audition 😂In 50 years, I’ve never seen a bad pic of him, he either looks otherworldly or the coolest guy in town with other beautiful people around him. Extraordinary human being.
Cool comment comrade.
I agree..that photo should have been an album cover!
Rock stars used to destroy hotel rooms and throw televisions out of windows. Dave Bowie gets arrested for pot. It’s a fucked up world we live in.
Van Halen used to destroy hotel rooms and throw the furniture out the windows, especially when they order M&M’s with the brown ones removed.... and they get brown ones by accident. Lol
The U.S. government invades countries for made up reasons, bombs the cities to rubble, kills thousands of people and guess what? Nobody gets charged! Absolute power corrupts...
@@gwarlow Ahh, they are just damaged angry people projecting their wounds out, always consumed by power and greed, it’s a sad state of affairs but they are being punished in a way, spending all that time in the lower emote states, can’t be very enjoyable or much of fun keep chasing that and seeing the destruction they cause for people around them 💔 But without the darkness we’d never be able to see the light 🥸 it’s the wonder of duality a never ending game of hide and seek.
My thoughts are with those suffering in Arminia at tho mo, I wouldn’t have had any idea of the crisis there without the power of music. SOAD (system of a down) recently got the band back together for a fundraiser to raise awareness. I’ll go find a link for ya, it need more attention since the world looking the other way, looking for ‘rona and clambering for a jab, who knows where that’ll end up? 🙏 We just gotta play our parts to the best of our abilities while we’re here innit 🙏
ruclips.net/video/XqmknZNg1yw/видео.html&feature=share 💗
ruclips.net/video/9VvmixeowNI/видео.html&feature=share 🙏
Her hair with that cut and grey at the front looks very elegant. I like it.
The blue tints tho.
Yes!!!! She looks good. Sexy at 61!!
My thoughts too xox
I can only hope I look this cool at her age omg 🥺
Everything associated with David Bowie has significance.
That seams somewhat true ,God Bless those whose talant blessed us,Blessed are the poor in spirit the kingdom of heaven is theres
I’m not a fan.
@@truthhurts837 yes but it was a heck of a concert
Dude transcended the bounds of what it means to be human
Its so crazy how this affected her life, family and mental health so drastically and caused her so much pain and worry. They even threatened her with deportation. With all of that I was expecting her to say she got into a knife fight with a roadie but she was simply a 20 year old kid who got arrested for hanging out with Davide Bowie.
And her story is not unique. The justice system in this country is barbaric. The war on drugs has been used as an excuse for so many abuses on us.
Typical cops,ruining lives daily:(
@@melkormorgoth9022 Cops are following orders of the higher ups. At least they keep us safe. It's the chiefs, the officials, the judges, and politicians who write crazy laws that are the bigger problem. Blaming cops is easy.
@@Katya_Lastochka lol have you actually looked around online?Hundreds,Literally THOUSANDS of videos of cops violating Rights,excessive force to the point of every damm day someones being murdered by cops Idk what you been smoking lady but you're completely out of touch with Reality...cops don't stop crime they show up after the fact a gun in the hand is worth a thousand cops on a phone,only 2 kinds of people today,those that have,and those that will be violated by your saviors the police lol;)
@@Katya_Lastochka Every group you named is part is the problem. Including cops. You're right- blaming cops is easy- because they make it easy.
What a doll. She is beautiful now, I could only imagine back then. She seems like a wonderful person. Being 20 at the same time I can relate, it was just the times. She must have had/has great parents too.
You didn’t watch the entire video. She showed a picture of what she used to look like. Lol
She was quite attractive when she was 20 years old - I can see why she would get a lot of attention from any man in 1976. And you know something, she is still an attractive woman now.
She still is attractive
You are an idiot
@@marknewbold2583 how?
@@marknewbold2583
Are you referring to Kiran Patel?
Online grammar police are idiots 😶
@@kiranpatel6521
‘She is still attractive’ is ok grammar.
Lighten up.
Grammar police are 😬
Not many people can say they got arrested with David Bowie.. Great story!!!!!! Thank you!!!!
Yeah, not many. 🙄🙄🙄
I'm a big Bowie fan myself, but I think the most amazing thing in her story is when she said the Red River parted. A Bowie Miracle!
Talk about articulate. If half the people I ran into everyday could be this well spoken we'd be living in a different world. Thanks! :)
What in the world kind of people are you hanging out with ? ... She seems no more articulate than most of the people I know . Man , I feel bad for you ... it sounds like you deserve better company .
@@gardensofthegods Or does he?
@@Humblemumble7 yeah I take he does deserve better company
@@gardensofthegods Well you dont know for sure, he might suck? Lol
Wow, great story. Thank you Chiwah for sharing it!
He did get a pretty cool mugshot out of that!
He got a great mugshot and she got a fantastic story.
Does she still have that bracelet
And the note? 😀
What a wise and noble cause, the "War on Drugs." This woman, a consenting adult who did nothing wrong, was terrorized, arrested, threatened with deportation, and she and her family were publicly embarrassed. It's taken 40 years for her to recover from the trauma enough just to talk about it. But god knows what would have happened if she had smoked that demon reefer!
fascists must persecute 4 fear of change. 2 bad they can't benefit from DB's Changes
America, Land of the Free (*just not as free as Canada)
What fun! My brother was friends with Carlos, Dennis and George. When they wheeled into Phoenix in 1978, I was at my job ( I was 19) and when I came home my mom said that a Mr. Alomar called and left tickets for me. I already had 4th row center, so I gave them away. We had instructions to meet up at the hotel and we had drinks together. Sat with us about 45 minutes. I never would have asked for an autograph (too needy) but two kids came up and asked, as they walked away David said, "can I sign one for you?" It is still a treasured possession!
buppie2000 - Now, that's a cool story! "Mr. Alomar called!"
Fun?
That’s so cool..👍
R.I.P.🙏❤️
@@ST-xg3gy yep. I remember him asking me about a Japanese restaurant they were going to the next day, up the street from the DoubleTree Inn they stayed at. The restaurant was called Osome. My brother, a guitarist, was jealous a little bit, but he got to do a video with Lou Reed (a few years later with the Jim Carroll Band), so he wins.
Not many people can say that “David Bowie asked me if I wanted his autograph.”
Never knew about this arrest. Looked like a mugshot from the 30’s. Man was he slick.
I believe getting arrested with David Bowie IS a, "Bragging Right", Story...
Heaven bless this lady! I have memories like this when I was young. At the time you thought it was the worst moment of your life. Thirty years later you see how unique the experience really was.
40 years later. What a moment in time. Mid-70s were something else. Must seem like a dream now.
You were arrested with David Bowie too? Lol.
@@Mel-wn9gb No. Although I wish I could have met David Bowie.
@@flilguy Me too. I wonder what her story would've become if the cops didn't show up!
I have watched this story at least 6 times now. It is fascinating touching and brings back my own fond memories of the 1970s and the man I have idolised from the age of 12 and now I am 62. Thank you so much for sharing this. Xx
Very similar to me. I have idolised Bowie since l was 12 when I saw 'Starman' on Top of the pops in '72, and I'm now 60.
@@brianconway100 I've exactly the same story as you two guys. 61.
I love David Bowie and i am 30 💞 the legends live on in our hearts and get passed down generations 💞
This is a great interview. Thanks for posting it.
If the cops hadn’t shown up, her life might’ve been very different. Ya never know.
That's precisely my thought, singled out from the main crowd, alone on his bed. What was she thinking it was leading to if it was not rudely interrupted. And she was traumatised over nothing really happened
@@lenac3587 it's mind boggling because about 6 years later he wrote a song called 'china girl' and maybe he wrote that while thinking of her and IF they had had sexual relations that night she may have been connected to him up until that time in about 1983 when he made the video to that with a young chinese lady in it and it would have been her instead!!!
Imagine your mom neglecting to tell you about the time she got arrested with one of the biggest stars in America at the time.😆
I would be so mad at my mom for keeping something like that from me. 😂
Yeahhhhhh... not sure I’d want to be answering the children’s questions about “Exactly what were you doing in David Bowie’s hotel room?”
Fuck America, Dave was one of the biggest stars on the globe!!! It started in England and he won over the world!
@@MrJamberee I mean just don't tell them until they're in they're in their late teens/early 20s. Wouldn't have to explain and like, could they really blame her lmao? I'd just be like "damn get it mom"
Thank you Rochester Police for giving us such a hot mugshot of David Bowie! And no the girl from "My little China girl" Geeling Ng lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
I guessed that Chi Wah was, my bad.
China Girl was an Iggy Pop cover.
@@carlojones833 written by pop and Bowie...Bowie's version made Pop fincially independent. Lucky him..! I meet Bowie's daughter Alex in Bali 2019. Lovely young woman!
What a beautiful woman!
David is the epitome of cool.
“Immigration came...We had the speech.”
“Who?”
“Me and David Bowie. We were told that if we were found guilty we would both be on a slow boat to China....and England” lololol this woman is a LEGEND.
You could see the attraction
She is so cool Beautiful woman
A really nice story to start the year !!
Seems like he was pretty stand up guy. I dig the way she tells her story.
The return of the thin White Duke throwing darts in lover's eyes
Once there were mountains...
Raise your glass high!
"I didn't want to get my tush beat if I took that braclet." The first thing I would be thinking too
Ngl, I would have been broken hearted if David Bowie gave my bracelet to another girl.
Wonder what happened to the bracelet
Love Bowie. He is my Icon. Love his music
Chi Wah, you’re an extraordinary person. And you’re witty and resilient.
Your parents were- well, you were very fortunate.
Bowie even looks dapper in his mugshot. Class act
it must be the most handsome mug shot ever
I know right, I thought the exact same thing....only Bowie could look stunning for his mug shot.
Jimi Hendrix has a good one but not very many do...class act for sure
A crimminal is not dapper.
@@cassiemiller7321 LOL
@@cassiemiller7321
David Bowie a criminal 😵
Make sure you keep going to church ⛪️
You’re an angel 😇
This is a phenomenal interview, good job on all sides. I loved it, thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing this
0:49 you can see how much joy that brought her
Oh my god he’s my fav singer I still cry he’s gone. Wow what a story. Bowie’s mug shot looks like a vogue shoot
Forty-one years later, Chi Wah could finally tell her story without fear. Speaking publicly now must be a great release for Ms. Soo, and lends understanding to the situation from a 20 year old's perspective and the social cultures at that time. It reminds me that others may be holding in a story of being misunderstood that needs to be expressed. ✌️ What happened to her sister, friends, and bracelet?
This lady is so awesome! Her brief impression of Howie was spot-on
She’s beautiful and has such a wonderful energy. Cool lasts a lifetime. What a story.
I like how she conveys the how hyper-aware she was during her encounter with the visiting alien
Thank you for sharing your story !
What a great story. Thank you for sharing!!! ☮️☮️☮️
“Hello, my name is David Bowie, what’s your name luv?” ... I almost melted 😆
Awww, she seems like a really sweet person...
She was beautiful when she was young, I can see why he picked her out of a crowd.
She’s also beautiful now.
She still is
Yep - she still is.
I wonder if this was the inspiration for the song My China girl
She is super smoking
Great story! Glad you are sharing it!!
I hope Dave did his apology duty to her at long as it took.
Even on the mugshot, the guy looks great. It looks like a staged shot... lighting was perfect.
Thanks for the story Chiwah, we really enjoyed it!
This is the type of content I need right now.
That hair is amazing : D
Well constructed story...very interesting.
Beautiful, intelligent Chiwah.
I carry guilt for things I put my parents through, as well.
thanks for sharing
"My little China Girl, you shouldn't mess we me, I'll ruin everything you are".....
Great story and great storyteller. Chi Wah has such a beautiful, natural way of expressing herself!
Amazing that this happened for a joint. How messed up.
It was actually over a pound. I'm guessing the hotelier went through Bowie's room during the gig and that the cops were already waiting to arrest him, and once they sparked up it was probable cause enough to enter the room. People talk about police departments being corrupt now but in '76 it was a different era in american policing altogether. Bowie was a rock star, a foreigner, very flamboyant, and a drug-user, all of which would have painted a huge target on his back. It was basically just sending a clear message: "Stay out of Rochester."
@@joelglanton6531 even so, if it was a case of beer, nobody would care.
@@sspbrazil Well duh; it isn't a federal crime to possess a case of beer. The legal drinking age was also 18 in the state of New York at the time. I'm not editorializing about whether the law in regard to marijuana is or was just or unjust; I'm just saying that the issue wasn't just over a joint.
@@joelglanton6531 yeah, thanks for proving my point. Duh.
@@sspbrazil I'm sorry that RUclips literally broke your brain and you feel like you have to correct and argue with everyone that makes the mistake of saying something to you. Take it easy.
These two sisters were gorgeous back in the early 70’s (as now) and they made the scene everywhere in Rochester. It was no surprise when I heard that she was with him
Fascinating remembrance of an unforgettable night. Thank you Chiwah!
That's pretty cool. I was arrested at 13 for getting past David Bowies security when he was onstage and getting too close. Your story is way cooler❤️⭐️
Your story is bollocks.
Haha save your bollocks, it's not the Sex Pistols😂
@@jacquiwmch Definitely not the Sex Pistols either. I just thought that there was no harm in calling out some sad muppet who is full of shit.
@@tomthomas9708 if your life is full of paranoid trolling you're probably the only one with Muppets in your head. Move on.
@@tomthomas9708 I'm no fortuneteller, but I suspect psycs and anger management in your future😻
Damn, she was still gorgeous when they recorded this!
Nice moment in your life, thanks for sharing😍
Thank you for sharing a great story....
WHAT A PERFECT PHOTO BEING ARRESTED!
Extra Promotion..
ITS AWFUL WHAT HAPPENED TO CHIWAH... BUT IT WAS ALSO PRETTY COOL. AND YOU'RE STILL DROP DEAD GORGEOUS.
I transferred to Brockport state to play hockey there in 1977-1978, this story was a local legend up there! In the early eighties my girlfriend and I ( now wife for 39 years) went to see David Bowie on Broadway in a limited engagement of the play ‘ The Elephant Man’. He was phenomenal in that role!
We met him after the show through a a friend of mine who was on his security detail, and I broke his balls over this story, he remembered it vividly and was cracking up about it!
So sad she felt one moment of shame or embarrassment over hanging out with a new friend and they had a joint. So ridiculous and unnecessary
And she didn't even have the joint aswell. Mental
She was from a different time and different ethnicity and she was younger, so it can happen
What a great story! The sheer chutzpah of Bowie summoning this beautiful woman from the crowd is an interesting insight into what Rock Stars can do. If those nosy cops hadn't barged in, the ending would still be a secret.
Well said
"Those nosy cops" lmao. Bowie was into teenagers. So yes, having a "good time" can be iIIegaI depending on what it is. Him and Iman were into having 3 ways and 4 ways with teenagers both Male and Female. Teenage diddIing isn't acceptable no matter who it is.
@@jaygio How do you know what he and Iman did? Sounds like a lie.
@@mollyfrom5556 its called the world wide web. Use it, and stop waiting for videos to come out exposing things. Plenty of info exists on this.
@@jaygio I would never think to research or critique a celebrity's personal life. My comment was topical and purposely vague. Are you a voyeur or jealous?
I instantly love this woman. Amazing story. ❤️
I wish her well and thank her for her story.
That was cool to hear her story. Glad everything turned out ok for her.
She doesn't deserve to be arrested in the first place!!!!!!!!! I'm sure in 1976 these are all white male RACIST cops that arrested both david bowie and her.
Did those arresting cops ever tested both david bowie and Chi Wah Soo for drugs? Did the arresting cops ever asked Chi Wah Soo a question if she already smoked a joint? If she is telling them the truth that she didn't smoke a joint, then the arresting cops should let her go. Instead they arrested her any. She is just an innocent woman. It's really david bowie's fault who got her into that mess. Thankfully the charges for Chi Wah Soo are dropped. Don't these arresting cops have higher priorities by going after rapist and pedophilers as well as gangbangers, drug dealers and serial killers.
Ooooops I forgot to add ? Instead of period (.)
I'm so glad this story wasn't what I thought! and how cool does Bowie look in that mug shot.
Recall being at a show - won't say who - where the roadies were in the crowd while the band was playing giving out backstage passes, but only to women, and some of them very young. Two who were clearly teenagers (and very possibly legally minors) in front of me were super thrilled to be given the passes, but after the initial thrill wore off, you could see they realized what it was about and their composure completely changed. They left before the end of the show. I was disgusted to see such despicable behavior from the band. The roadies share the blame too for facilitating it.
I LOVE her. LOVE LOVE LOVE. She stayed quiet with this story for all those years!!?? True Class!
The thing about Bowie is he never let the fame define or destroy him as it has many others. He was the same person in his 70s as he was in his 20s.
This woman is an instant legend in my eyes! I love her vibrant personality
I feel bad she didn't do anything wrong. She just sat there
My last concert was a Bowie one, and he was absolutely incredible.
What a cool lady! So great that she shared this...she ROCKS!
Born and raised in Rochester, I remember this very well eventhough I was only 14, Bowies lawyer later went to prison for drugs, an 11 million dollar armored car heist and murder. He's still in there, even though he took a plea. Yeah, Rochester sucks.
Oh well...it got Rochester on the map...for a few months.
Fucking hell that's one helluva lawyer! Lol I don't suppose you remember his name? Just want to read up on it (I'm sure there must be news stories online about him)
@@teethgrinder83 Tony Leonardo; he was a pretty notorious mob lawyer. The mob is (or was) huge in Rochester. When Bowie hired him he was *the* premiere criminal defense attorney in the Rochester area, with five consecutive murder acquittals recently under his belt. He was then involved in two very notorious armored car robberies that netted a lot of money (which he helped to launder). When he went to prison recently it was for his role in the murder of a business partner, whose car was riddled with bullets Sonny Corleone-style in the middle of an intersection in Greece, which is about ten minutes away from Rochester proper. He was actually released from prison into a halfway house in 2013 and is probably free and living in his own home now. Just search for Tony or Anthony Leonardo; I always thought someone should make a movie based on his life.
@@joelglanton6531 wow. That's pretty nutty lol thanks a heap for the detailed reply, appreciate it a lot 👍 and I totally agree, it seems like a movie of his life would be pretty damn colourful haha even if it was just netflix like "The Irishman"-in fact Scorcese would be a perfect fit to make it by the sounds of the guys life lol thanks again!
@@teethgrinder83 You're welcome! The funny thing is that when I was writing that it did make me think of The Irishman hahaha. A rather long history of crime, with the guy going to prison in his old age.
I closed my eyes while listening to her story and imagined I was her. Although she had a traumatic experience with the cops, this is amazing!! I would love to to time travel back to that moment with her😭
Thanks for speaking out. It’s one of the terrible things growing up that you can’t talk to anyone for fear of what others think.
She’s shining with charisma, a brilliant storyteller.