

His positive attitude and work ethic are, despite his disability, genuinely infectious. But something happened around chapter 8: I legitimately began to enjoy reading it. “I was surprised he remembered and called me,” Armes said.I bought this book as a joke on the promise of getting a few laughs about the capers of man who was described to me as Steven Seagal, but with hooks for hands. He ran into Brando in Europe several years ago and told him he’d left acting for investigative work. Armes returned to El Paso and opened his own firm.

Miss Kashfi was arrested that day in Calexico on a drunk and disorderly charge.Īrmes left his Ysleta home and went to Hollywood to work in movies and television some years ago. Miss Kashfi's attorney charged it was a “setup” and that Miss Kashfi, who has been fighting with Brando since their 1959 divorce, had given the boy permission to go to Mexico on a fishing trip but that he failed to meet her in Calexico, Calif., as planned. He was granted temporary custody at the hearing yesterday.” Brando said he was sure glad it’s over and he’s likely to get permanent custody of the boy now. I was on the stand for 3½ hours yesterday at the Santa Monica custody hearing. “In addition to my fee, which was not small, Brando gave me a big bonus. But I hadn’t slept in three days or eaten and I was dirty. He wanted to celebrate with a big party that night and insisted on me being there. Finally, I gained his confidence and after I delivered him to his father at the Los Angeles airport and they both cried, he said, ‘Father I want to go with you. He didn’t want to fly, so we drove out to San Diego, Calif. “They had a supply of canned goods, food, and equipment that would have lasted 3½ months. They said Anna Kashfi, Brando’s ex-wife and the boy’s mother, promised them $10,000 each to hide the boy from Brando.

“There were eight hippies, six men and two women, there, and they were scared. He was very frightened and had a bad case of bronchitis and had a hard time breathing. We got a four-wheel drive and went up in the camp, surrounding it. I flew back to pick up the federal police, but they didn’t want to fly with me. “I zeroed in and spotted a red Volkswagen, which we knew to be involved, along with the hippies, who’d been seen with Brando’s wife, and noted the license number.
