First - good luck with your recovery. Second - it takes a while, but read the whole Smoking Gun investigation. I sent this book to my son, an addict, and now wish I hadn't. What Frey has done is inexcusable. Why can't addicts just tell the truth? I guess that is the question of the day, isn't it? (If he even is/was indeed an addict.) Just read it Rob - he didn't simply change a name or two. If the SG story is true, Frey's jail time did NOT happen. The major fight /arrest with the cops DID NOT happen.
I guess the lesson of Frey's story is that you can become filthy rich by deception. Deception of the most horrible kind - taking advantage of weak people and their burned out relatives. Shame. He is indeed a Criminal with a capital 'C'.
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I agree with your message to RobfromGa. I suggest reading the whole article even though it is long. This amazes me. Most people get caught lying in the other direction and hoping no one will find out. Just think this was exposed because all TSG wanted to do was find an old mug shot to add to their stockpile. I got some chuckles out of their take on Frey and Porterhouse reading together in jail. This guy must have skin a foot thick to lie like this and not even look back.
It's another case of what's his face from the New Republic or Jayson Blair. It seems like these things happen every few years.
It's kind of amusing that this guy was able to con Oprah and piggyback her name to millions of dollars. (And I know that I wouldn't hesitate to make up stuff about my life if that much $$$ was on the line). However, I agree that having someone like him out there doesn't help recovering addicts. Also, I didn't like the fact that he used a real train/ car accident in his story; it didn't seem fair to the parents of the girls involved.