article_snippet.sent: Kim Richards was arrested early Thursday morning after allegedly attacking a police officer.
article_snippet.sent: Radar reports that at some point after midnight the mother-of-four was refused service by a bartender after Kim Richards'd had a few too many vodka tonics.
article_snippet.sent: In jail: Kim Richards was arrested on Thursday morning after becoming belligerent while intoxicated at The Polo Lounge The Beverly Hills Hotel .
article_snippet.sent: Kim - who has struggled with substance abuse in the past - then headed to a bathroom and refused to come out  - which was when cops were called.
article_snippet.sent: A source told the website: 'Kim Richards eventually locked Kim Richards in a bathroom and was refusing to come out and causing a scene.
article_snippet.sent: Lincoln Hoshino, Kim - who appeared 'belligerent with slurred speech and wreaking of a strong odor of alcohol.'
article_snippet.sent: Kim - who allegedly cursed at officers and 'passively resisted arrest,' Lincoln Hoshino said.
article_snippet.sent: Taking a turn for the worse: After resisting arrest Kim - who apparently smelled strongly of booze - was eventually booked into a local jail where the former child star kicked a police officer .
article_snippet.sent: TMZ reports the former child star had to be dragged out of the restrooms and taken to a nearby jail where the former child star kicked a police officer.