The real-life mafia turncoat who was immortalized by late actor Ray Liotta in his breakout role in Goodfellas was a bigamist who repeatedly cheated on his wife while in witness protection, before leaving her and their children to wed a Mormon hairdresser he had known for just seven weeks. The pair wed in Nevada just seven weeks after meeting Anders had no idea that Hill was already married and was a father-of-two, nor did she know about his gangster past.In mid-1981, Hill and his family ended up in Redmond, Washington, where the mafia turncoat met Mormon beautician Sherry Anders, a single mother whom he became immediately smitten with.Hill, who wed Karen in 1965, was known to have had multiple mistresses throughout their marriage - and he reportedly tried to convince the FBI to allow him to bring two lovers into witness protection with him.Hill and his family had to change their names, and they had to be relocated multiple times because of Hill's ongoing crimes, moving from Nebraska to Kentucky, and then Washington within a year.At the end of the movie, Hill is seen being taken into witness protection, however in reality, his life continued to be filled with crime and drama even after he turned mob informant.
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