Overview

• In Truly, published September 30, Richie details a June 1988 clash between his then-wife Brenda Harvey and Diane Alexander at Alexander’s Beverly Hills apartment.
• He writes that he and Harvey were separated at the time and that he had been staying at a beach residence to decompress.
• Richie recounts a screaming match in the apartment entryway, his attempt to draw Harvey away, and neighbors calling police after the dispute resumed.
• The Los Angeles Times reported Harvey’s arrest on suspicion of corporal injury to a spouse, resisting arrest, and battery, with Richie recalling being kicked in the stomach area.
• Richie says charges were later dropped and describes the incident as the moment he knew the marriage was over, preceding their 1993 divorce and his later marriage to Alexander.