Kim Richards Arrested For Drunken Rampage In Hotel & Kicking A Police Officer

TMZ.com:

Kim Richards was arrested at the Beverly Hills Hotel early Thursday morning -- after allegedly going on a drunken rampage and kicking a police officer ... TMZ has learned.

Sources tell us ... Richards had been hanging out at the famous Polo Lounge inside the hotel and was asked to leave because she was too hammered and being "unruly." 

We're told Richards went to a bathroom and refused to come out. Cops were called to the scene and we're told they had to "drag her out" of the bathroom.

Richards -- who has struggled with substance abuse in the past -- was reportedly belligerent, slurring her speech and reeked of booze. 

We're told Kim was taken to a nearby jail -- where she allegedly kicked a police officer. 

She's been charged with trespass, resisting arrest, battery on a police officer and drunk in public. 
Cops issued a citation to Richards -- and she was later released.

Richards' sobriety was called into question on the recent "Real Housewives" reunion special -- when Lisa Rinna suggested that Kim was on something during a car ride earlier in the season.

Kim had admitted that she had taken a pain pill -- but was adamant she had not fallen off the wagon. 

Sad, but not a surprise considering her long history with alcohol abuse. One can hope that Kim gets the help she desperately needs and get her life back together. But also that all the idiots who sided with Kim and Evil Brandi during that recent reunion, get a dose of reality from this news and understand all the pain Kim has heaped on herself, Kyle and the rest of her family. Then too, the con job that Brandi played in pretending to befriend Kim on air and get in-between her and Kyle should also be brought to light here too, after all, I'm sure Brandi was nowhere in the vicinity of this latest relapse.

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