Long before Latoya has met her manager, I already for a long time worked with her and have enclosed in it many forces, first of all to improve her vocal.

   Latoya was one of the last children who have left the parental home. She always was an accurate girl, kept her room clean, and liked to watch TV. Only to cook she hated.

   As a child she did not leave her mother and followed Katherine everywhere. If we had guests, she was hiding, she even never went shopping alone. Latoya even was closer to Katherine, than Michael, and she has always been adhered to mother.

   Since she was very shy, and she has developed a strong dependence on the mother. You have to consider, that I then worked day and night and could not take care of her as much, as I would like. Therefore I was more than satisfied that Katherine and Latoya got so close. When Kate was a child, she too was very shy, and I thought, they are simply very similar and consequently so cling to each other.

   To tell the truth, today I adhere to opinion, that for Latoya it would be better, if she met other people more, she would not be then so closed and would be better prepared for life.

   Once I have agreed with Phil Spector, that he will produce some songs for Latoya. Spector played together with one of founders of the A&M Records, Marshall Leib in group under name The Teddy Bears. He wrote music to " Spanish Harlem " and worked as the producer with Glen Campbell, Sonny Bono and Leon Russell. He had uncountable number of hits in 60s, among them " Be my baby " by "The Ronettes", " You`re lost that lovin` feeling " by "The Righteous brothers", and he was co-producer of John Lennon's album "Imagine".

   In the musical relation it was a genius, but rumors had, that he beat his wife (Ronny from "The Ronettes"), and ran around his huge country house with a pistol. I do not know, whether was in this rumors at least a drop of truth, but I precisely know, what has happened with my daughter. Shortly after Latoya has arrived to Spector’s home to record there in the studio, she has called us. Spector has locked her in the country house and did not release her home. My wife was very much worried. She at once has called Marshall Leib, and he has taken care of that Latoya could arrive home.

   After that I watched even more carefully, to whom I introduce Latoya because it became clear to me, that she cannot protect herself. We always preserved her against those people from Los Angeles, which nights, without a break stick out in discos and take cocaine, and she did not know dangers of a real life because she has grown under our trusteeship.

   And only like that it could happen, that she has fallen for the bait of Jack Gordon, the person already entered to conflict with the law, and has employed him as her manager. Later she even married him. Certainly, he thought only of how he can make money on her name, and she did not know, what she could do with it, because she still never had affairs with similar people.

   When they were together, we did not even have Latoya's phone number, we could not call and talk to her. She was the prisoner in her own house, his bodyguards constantly watched her. She has been so dependent on him, that said disgusting things on TV about me and our family which did not matched the truth.

   Her brothers and sisters have very much become angry because of it and constantly tried to correct all this. Marlon during one program on one radio station has called there and has explained, that this charges do not have a drop of truth in them. Rebbie has expressed the opinion on TV, and many other my children courageously supported my side. I am very grateful to them for it, but I nevertheless did not answer on what LaToya accused me of. I did not know, that I will write this book, and here I can express my opinion, not being afraid, that somebody will interrupt me or will present everything in the deformed way. Besides people only will speak more if you will publicly put someone on a place and protect yourself from this awful rumors.

   I was horrified that her words have spread worldwide. I have devoted all my life to create a positive image of my family, and now Latoya has put everything on the map, declaring, that she was molested in the childhood.

   All of us know people from the destroyed families, whose parents used drugs or were alcoholics. My children always had what to eat and what to dress, they had brothers and sisters with whom it was possible to play and laugh, mother, always ready to listen, and father who supervised over them. Katherine and I cared of our children and always were near to them. Nobody molested Latoya when she was small. To assert something similar, among other things, it is dishonest in relation to people which in childhood really had to go through this and which actually have grown in such tragic circumstances. In interview to one magazine Janet has told, that she feels, as if Latoya was brainwashed, and so it was.

   It was a nightmare for all of us - to see, how Latoya has changed in marriage with Gordon and in what direction he advanced her career. And when they at last divorced, he has ruined her though she never wanted to admit it. For example, she had debts under taxes, and financial department has taken money from Kate. And next day Latoya explained on TV, that she has paid the taxes herself, and it were complete lies. While she was with Gordon, she has caused our family a big harm, but we do not reproach her. We know, with what person she has messed.

   But the life proceeds, and as it is possible to notice, it changes for the better. There is still much that I could wish to my children and myself.

   I very much hope, that anything similar will not take place any more. Latoya meanwhile again supervises her life. I at any time am ready to listen to the advices concerning her career, and I will always help her with it.