Lindsay Lohan’s ex-bodyguard dishes
August 10, 2007 by Arieanna
Lindsay Lohan’s ex-bodyguard Tony Almeida has revealed a bunch of Lindsay Lohan info to the press. This is Lindsay Lohan’s second ex-bodyguard to dish gossip about her, after Lee Weaver did earlier this year.
I will state up front, that Lindsay Lohan’s main bodyguard Jaz is staying true to Lindsay. Even when tempted with $500,000, he is keeping his mouth shut.
Tony Almeida is claiming (via InTouch) that, in his years (2002-2005) of serving as Lindsay Lohan’s bodyguard, he saw drug use, drunk driving, and underage sex.
Tony Almeida does not blame Lindsay Lohan. He blames her parents.
“Lindsay was a very sweet and talented kid, but she didn’t stand a chance against her parents and the Hollywood system,” he tells In Touch. He calls her father, Michael Lohan, unpredictable and tyrannical.
Tony was in the car with Lindsay and her father one time when Michael became enraged that she wanted to stay late at a concert to meet up with friends including Sean “Diddy” Combs. “Michael slammed on the brakes and dragged her out of the car, pushed her up on the hood, screamed at her and called her a slut,” Tony recalls. “I got in the middle of it and pulled him off.”When reached by In Touch, Michael, who has since become sober and a minister, had no recollection of the incident. “If I did do it, if that’s the worst anyone can say about me, then it’s not too bad,” he told In Touch.
The NY Post has more details. Tony says that Dina Lohan and Michael Lohan failed to provide structure to Lindsay as she grew up. He calls them both wild, abusive, neglectful partyers who took advantage of their "cash cow" daughter to pay their bills.
"From a young age, she dealt with her father’s physical, emotional and drug abuses as well as her mother’s drinking."…
Meanwhile, Dina often "let her do whatever she wanted, just to keep her happy and working . . . [At her 16th birthday party] Lindsay drank whatever she wanted – I saw her drinking beer and mixed drinks with my own eyes [without Dina's intervention]."
As Lindsay’s manager, Dina – who was desperate to become a star herself – received 10 percent of her income. "Lindsay was the family cash cow – and she resented it," Almeida claims. "They counted on her to pay their bills . . . I saw Lindsay exhausted, begging her mother for some time off."
Young Lindsay’s parents looked the other way as she began a life of boozing, boys and drugs. When she was 15, they allowed her to share a room with her then-14-year-old boyfriend, Aaron Carter, at Loews in Miami Beach. Almeida relates, "They knew Lindsay was sleeping in Aaron’s room. But they seemed happy she had chosen somebody who could benefit her singing career."
By age 18, Lindsay had moved on to harder substances. Almeida recalls walking in on her and another celebrity in a closet at a club one night as they sniffed white powder.
The ex-bodyguard also claims Lindsay cried out for help for years by cutting herself and threatening suicide. Lindsay’s reps did not reply to our e-mails.
And now, Michael Lohan has responded to the allegations. From TMZ:
Mikey flew off the handle when asked about Lindsay’s former bodyguard Tony Almeida’s claims that he was an emotionally and physically abusive parent. In this week’s In Touch, Almeida alleges that Papa Lohan once pulled over on the side of the Long Island Expressway and shoved Lindsay against a car. Lohan categorically denied Almeida’s claims. "Tony is a liar who is out of job and trying to make some money. I do not know what the bodyguard is talking about. He came into our lives when I was out for one year. Tony is a liar. You can ask Lindsay and she will tell you."
Tags: lindsay lohan, michael lohan, dina lohan, tony almeida, lindsay lohan bodyguard, lohan, abuse, celebrity, scandal
i dont know..maybe ts fake….but..i hate dina lohan
lindsay i support you
i really dont know who to believe. All I want is for all these LL stuff to vanish and leave her alone during her days in rehab.
Wait. So LL lost her virginity to Aaron Carter (oh no!) not to wilmer valderrama(I prefer Wil)?????
Oh MY! tsk! tSK! You DON’T MEAN to tell me all these bad, BAD things were going during all those years! 0h (yawn) dear!, oh (…yaawWNNNnnning…)
Frankly — if this is called “dishing the dirt” — I for one find to be rather clean ‘dirt’. Perhaps it’s because we’ve heard so much before, and much worse. I find most of what is being said to bear a strong resemblance to the “truth” (as we know it) — and actually what he says is not said completely untastefully, nor mean — at least not about Lindsay; in some ways he almost seems supportive … or am I missing something?
At least I’m not seeing this accompanied by the ugly, personally-intrusive pictures such as came out with that Weaver guy (weaver — yeah, he ’spun’ a yarn). So I guess there is a big market for ANYTHING the trash-loids can find, as hunting has gotten scarce. Starve — you worthless trash-feeders!
JAZ! THANK YOU! SIR! — you have ALWAYS stood by Lindsay — I pray that you will continue to — your character is OUTSTANDING — especially considering the surrounding pressures — you must truly love our young starlet as much as (probably more than) we do! You have surely been a faithful ‘guardian angel’ for Lindsay — THANK YOU! Jaz.
Jaz — I keep wanting to ask — are you a Believer? (in Christ?) — you seem to have all the markings of one of His Followers; if so — please know that I am praying for your continued strength to stand fast and hold on; if not — I pray that you will come to know the Love of Him Who Loves you (and all of us) more than any one can!
Lindsay — continue to stay hidden — get well, get stronger; you probably know that things are not going to just get easier or go away, so do all you can to figure out how you are going to manage things — especially how you will find true friends you can count on. And as always, get to know The One True Friend you can ALWAYS count on — Who Loves YOU more than anyone ever can!
As always, your Affectionate Fan
i find it sadly amusing that all these ex-employee jackals ALWAYS head to the trashloids to tell their ’story’,as if that publication will give them credibility,LOL!!!!! if i was going to rat out my former employer with some big expose,i would at least tell my tale to a venue with some journalistic integrity like the washington post.wait,ahem-m-m,i ‘m choking on something…..oh,thats right,all the newspapers and magazines are dependent on drama and jerry springerism,LOL!!!! miss Lohan can’t catch a break anywhere in the media,and that’s a fact.btw,the name tony almeida is a character from the tv show ‘24′,so how do we know if this bodyguard person even exists?there are no pics of this guy with her,and no actual interview,just a trashloid story.whatever.get well,miss Lindsay.best of luck with your legal issues and don’t let the haters and the trashloid media get you down.love always,a huge fan and friend.peace
When time is slow and there is nothing really to report “journalists” come up with the craziest stuff.
In Holland such a time is called cucumbertime.
During cucumbertime you get stories like: “The sheep with the 5 legs” or “UFO lands in Paleis Noordeinde”.Whatever.
Now that Lindsay is out of the picture for a while there is nothing really to report about her and the media has a major cucumbertime on its hand.
To fill the gap they dish an old rumor out of the mothballs
(the pregnancy rumor) or they approach an ex-emloyee
to spill some dirt.
Three times i tried to put a comment on this post and it gets deleted the moment i try to submit it.
I hope this comes through: Lindsay don’t let the bastards get to you.
Let them pull old rumors out of the mothballs, let them approach ex-employees. We’re on your side.
I hope you may find some comfort in that.
Love Harry
R R dave,
… you make me – smile: ” … these ex-employee jackals ALWAYS head to the trashloids to tell their ’story’, as if that publication will give them credibility …”
Actually, dave, you astonish me a bit — you must know that it is NOT “credibilty” that the trashloids are offering — come on — it’s cold, hard, filthy, dirty $$$$$$$$$$$$’s
Venues with any real “journalistic integrity” probably make every effort to distance themselves from exactly this sort of thing — I guess maybe that was your point ?
Oh well — at least it’s Biblical — Judas paved the way for this sort of thing … “I’ll kiss and tell” (if you pay me well!)
Thanks Again Dave!!! I don’t watch ” 24 ” so didn’t make the connection, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA…..(gasp….repeat…) Lindsay’s Friend, love that line, may use it myself, just not in print anywhere…..And the venue’s WITH journalistic intergity, DID in fact distance themselves, which made the trashloid fodder grow even more on that account. And Thanks to Jazz for staying Loyal, Good MAN to have around Lindsay !!!( Perhaps You should rehire him, if you Can that is )… Now you ( Lindsay ) need me too. Think about it for when you get out of Rehab this time. GOD Bless you with your court trouble. Always be respectfull before the Judge. ANd GOD Bless You Always, I Love You Always, this from ME Larry T Robinson OR Tn.
OMG if this is real then I can really understand why she doesn’t want to see her father.
I mean why does he still try to see them Ali wrote him that email and it’s pretty obvious that she hates him, why would she lie ??
michael is truly the worst of the two parents,regardless if the ex-bodyguard is telling the truth or not.he beat up the kids uncle in front of everyone at a family party,beat up a city sanitation worker,slapped dina around a few times,stalked the family and broke into the house while they were there,fired for fraud,ex-con deadbeat dad who refuses to get a job,and won’t shut his piehole to the trashloid media when it is clearly obvious that the family needs some privacy and low-profile time.even if dina isn’t the best mom,no woman deserves to get slapped around and pushed down a flight of stairs.obviously,dina did do some good as a single mom,in that she has a perfectly normal 19 year old son,who is in college,two younger kids that appear healthy and happy,and a beautiful and highly talented daughter,who for a time,was at the top of her game,famous,and in demand by everyone.i hope and pray for that young lady and wish that her erstwhile father would shut his trap,and try to undo the damage behind the scenes and with a shred of dignity.i see that dina has not made any statements to the media in a while,other than a hurried and irritated response to a reporter at the family court.maybe she is seeing the light and realizing that the trashloid media are just a bunch of money-grubbing headline seeking jackals and not her ‘friends’.maybe she will elect not to do that reality show with her youngest,in light of the tragic mess that her eldest daughters life has become.one can only hope….peace