Drugs and illegal poker rings: Lindsay Lohan friend Ray LeMoine at centre of Barron Hilton beating admits to murky past
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Lindsay Lohan's friend Ray LeMoine, who admitted beating up Barron Hilton last week at a Miami party, has a checkered past that includes hosting illegal gambling parties and rampant drug use.
The 31-year-old LeMoine was candid about his excessive drug use in his 2006 book Babylon By Bus co-written with Jeff Neumann that chronicled their drug-fuelled adventures in Iraq.
LeMoine wrote that before heading to the Middle East that he associated with known drug dealers and hosted illegal poker parties at his Boston apartment.
Famous friends: Lindsay Lohan's friend Ray LeMoine, center, shown in 2012 in New York City, has admitted beating Barron Hilton last week at a mansion party in Miami
He bragged in the 336-page book about 'the opportunity to take money from a pair of OxyContin dealers/sniffers - the pills sold for eighty dollars a piece,' according to an article on Monday in RadarOnline.com.
LeMoine and Neumann were twenty-somethings selling YANKEES SUCK T-shirts at Boston's Fenway Park for five months out of the year to pay for their international travel adventures.
After the Yankees beat the Red Sox to advance to the 2003 World Series, they both headed to Baghdad and secured work with the Coalition Provisional Authority overseeing government functions in Iraq after the removal of Saddam Hussein.
Drama magnet: Lindsay Lohan, shown on Thursday at an Art Basel event in Miami, was accused of 'masterminding' the attack on Barron Hilton
LeMoine wrote about regular use of Valium and Xanax while in Iraq, as well as smoking hash and heavy drinking.
The author, journalist and restaurateur rented out the Miami mansion where 24-year-old Hilton was beaten.
LeMoine has blamed the incident on Hilton for allegedly refusing to leave the party and instigating the physical contact.
Hilton posted a shocking photograph on Saturday showing his cut and swollen face.
Hit in the face: Barron Hilton posted images on Saturday showing his cut and swollen face after the beating
Hilton accused Lohan of allegedly 'masterminding' the attack on him, but she has denied any involvement.
Hilton reportedly plans to sue both Lohan and LeMoine over the attack.
The New York Daily News reported on Monday that LeMoine was attempting to seek refuge in Cuba.
'Castro hates the Hiltons and took their Havana hotel in 1959 as a base after conquering Cuba, so they are stoked I'm coming down to hate capitalism. Viva la Lohan!' LeMoine said.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ on Monday they believe they have enough 'probable cause' to arrest LeMoine and likely would make a move soon.
Making the rounds: Lindsay posed for a photo on Thursday with reality star Kim Kardashian at an Art Basel event in Miami
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bella, Chicago, United States, 1 day ago
it is such a shame that this pretty girl turned into a drug addict. she had talent and respect from a young age and now she has nothing. I blame the parents