Overview

• Richie recounts the June 1988 confrontation involving Brenda Harvey and Diane Alexander, saying he and Harvey were separated and calling it “the scandal of my century.”
• Contemporaneous reports documented Harvey’s arrest on multiple counts with release on $5,000 bail, and Richie notes the charges were later dropped.
• He traces Nicole Richie’s path from foster care in his home to formal adoption at age 9, writing that she became “the light of my life.”
• Richie details a spiral after his father’s death and unsuccessful vocal-cord procedures, including a nervous breakdown in Jamaica punctuated by a fan’s plea, “You must survive because you are our beacon of hope.”
• The book reflects on guidance from mentors like Gregory Peck, later marriage to Diane Alexander and their children Miles and Sofia, a 2004 divorce, and a present-day life that includes touring and American Idol, with Truly now published.