13. Don McLean
Don McLean may be able to improve your mood when you put on his classic song “American Pie” but there was nothing cheery about the scene on January 18th, 2016. Police were called to his home and arrested McLean, charging him with domestic violence.
McLean lived in the home with his two children but did not choose to make an official statement on the matter. That didn’t stop his (now ex) wife, who said ” He pressed the palms of his hands against my temples and squeezed as though my head were in a vice.”
McLean had been with his wife for 30 years, but in March she filed for divorce, citing “adultery, cruel and abusive treatment, and irreconcilable differences,” and that he had been abusive throughout their relationship (primarily in the first 10 years). As well as this, McLean had reportedly said that he was going to kill her with a gun and had terrorized her for hours prior to the phone call being placed.
You can imagine his past success made it pretty easy for him to be able to afford his $10,000 bail that he posted almost immediately. Not quick enough to avoid his reputation taking a hit though!
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