My take is that he didn’t abuse Stevie. She or her people would have said something about it by now if it had happened. She was all too comfortable playing the victim, especially during SA, to not have let it slip by now. If anything, Stevie admitted she got physical with him.
That said, Lindsey all but admits he had issues back in the day. I don’t really doubt he got physical with CAH, but that wouldn’t have had an impact on the band. He was absolutely no saint, but he got help and made positive changes. What’s the statute of limitations on something like that?
The biggest reason she didn’t want to make another album with him is because she mostly didn’t enjoy making albums with him. Rumours wasn’t fun for her, Tusk, Mirage, TITN, and SYW weren’t fun for her…. Why would the next one be fun? And, for as much pride as she had with IYD, its lack of sales legitimately made her question the value of going through the process. (Personally, my response would be for art’s sake.)
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