Always one to make headlines, Dina Lohan told reporters at a Long Island hotel that Lindsay is so screwed up because she was witness to a violent marriage that included physical abuse and rape while she was growing up. Dina came armed with police and medical reports to back up her claims that her ex, Michael Lohan, was abusive throughout their 22 year marriage. “Lindsay saw her dad abuse me – that’s why she’s so screwed up,” the former dancer told reporters.

Michael was contacted by reporters about the allegation Sunday night, which he called “evil lies” and questioned Dina’s motives in dredging up the past.  He adamantly denies that he was abusive to Dina Lohan during their marriage.

You have to wonder how Lindsay will handle the latest melodrama to unfold around her infamous parents. The troubled young star already has a rough month ahead with court appearances in both New York and Los Angeles and could once again be facing jail time.

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It looks like puppeteer Kevin Clash can take a deep sigh of relief this week as his accuser has recanted his accusations of an underage sexual relationship.

The Smoking Gun was able to identify the accuser as 24-year old Sheldon Stephens, an aspiring model and actor. The site confirmed his role in the affair “with two sources, a family member and a friend.” The Smoking Gun also uncovered a 2009 arrest for Stephens, who was picked up at a Pennsylvania airport wearing $250,000 worth of jewelry allegedly stolen from a music manager from Los Angeles. Stephens had originally claimed that Clash had carried on a sexual relationship with him when he was only 16 but in a statement released to the New York Times through his lawyer Stephens says he “wants it to be known that his sexual relationship with Clash was an adult consensual relationship.”

Clash, who has taken a leave of absence from Sesame Street since the scandal broke, has been claiming all along that Stephens was 18 when the affair took place.

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