Overview

• Truly, published on Sept. 30, features Richie’s first detailed narrative of the incident involving Brenda Harvey and Diane Alexander.
• He writes that neighbors called police after a confrontation at Alexander’s apartment and that charges were later dropped.
• Contemporary Los Angeles Times reporting documented Harvey’s 1988 arrest on suspicion of corporal injury to a spouse, resisting arrest, and battery.
• Richie calls the episode “the scandal of my century” and says it helped confirm that his marriage to Harvey was over.
• New coverage on Oct. 2 highlights his account, including his claim he was kicked in the stomach area, with no new legal developments.