Lindsay Lohan’s Parents Are To Blame For Her Downfall

Lindsay Lohan’s former bodyguard of 3 years, Tony Almeida, is opening up about the real source of her troubles: Lindsay’s parents. The bodyguard says neither Dina nor Michael provided any structure for Lindsay when she was growing up, and both were “wild, abusive, neglectful partyers who needed to keep their ‘cash cow’ daughter working to pay their bills.”

Almeida told In Touch,

“From a young age, she dealt with her father’s physical, emotional and drug abuses as well as her mother’s drinking.”

Once, when Lindsay was 16, Michael flew into a rage while driving and “slammed on the brakes and dragged her out of the car, pushed her up against the hood, screamed at her and called her a slut. This was on the Long Island Expressway! I got in the middle of it and pulled him off.”

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.”

Lindsay’s parents looked the other way at all times. When she was 15, they allowed her to share a room with then-14-year-old Aaron Carter at Loews in Miami Beach. Almeida says,”They knew Lindsay was sleeping in Aaron’s room. But they seemed happy she had chosen somebody who could benefit her singing career.”

By 18, Lindsay was moving up the drug ladder. Almeida recalls walkingin on her and a friend in a club closet 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 have not commented.

I just feel sorry for the girl.

What others are saying:

The Superficial says, “I could randomly buy better parents for Lindsay from a pet store. That dog in the corner trying to eat its own poo? Ten times the mother Dina Lohan will ever be.”

Mollygood says, “Physical force in this situation was wholly unnecessary, of course, but in Michael Lohanâ€™s defense, she was probably acting like a little slutbag.”

Best Week Ever says, “Now we know how she brought so much passion to her Parent Trap role.”

dlisted says, “Tony isn’t really saying anything new, just the same shit. Yes, we know White Oprah is a bad mother. We also know Michael Lohan is a bitch of a father.”

A Socialite’s Life says, “[on spending the night with Aaron Carter] That’s some meth greasiness right there. Imagine your first time being with that? Ugh.”