Can I respect Lindsey?

[Montclare]

I don't believe a lot of what's in the book either. Even if some or all of it were true, you have to remember drugs and alcohol were prevalent back then, on top of the stress of creating albums, touring, watching Stevie sleep with every guy in the music business, including his own band mate, etc. There aren't stories of him being violent post 1987. Nothing from Cheri, nothing from Anne (and you know she definitely would have written about it if anything had happened), and nothing from Kristen. He's obviously a different guy today.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Montclare

Nothing from Cheri, nothing from Anne (and you know she definitely would have written about it if anything had happened), and nothing from Kristen. He's obviously a different guy today.

Yes, Anne would have written about it as her book gets into descriptions of her abuse by others, but then she and Lindsey didn't live together, so they probably weren't as exposed to each other as much as, for better and for worse, as say Lindsey and Cheri were to each other or Anne and Ellen.

Michele

[ryan4136]

Carol still talks often about LB, and often in a rather positive way about her experiences on Facebook. If she doesn't have hard feelings about him, I don't see why we'd feel bad. In he said/she said scenarios it's always pretty smart to realize the reality is somewhere in the middle. Not only has LB grown in the past 35 years , I'm betting Carol has too, and maybe some if her choices that didn't happen to be in the book would be different too.

[lilyfee]

I believe that Lindsey had a violent temper and took it out on Carol Ann and Stevie. However I also believe that people can change, and I cannot imagine that he is still the same way today. I respect him as an artist but he doesn't exactly sound like a prince personally. I've dealt with an abusive relationship and it was difficult because I could see that I was being treated inexcusably but at the same time the guy was struggling so much too. And when you love someone it's hard to not want to help them, and to not forgive their behavior when you know they are sorry. So kinda because I have been through that, I believe Carol Ann. Her book obviously exaggerates a lot but what she says about Lindsey fits with his personality, from what I can see. I don't think Lindsey is evil or anything like that but I think it is very probable that he was struggling with insecurities or anger issues or whatever and took it out physically on his girlfriends.