"I need to make the world aware that
Lindsay is messed up because her father is so messed up," Dina told the
New York Daily News in an explosive story.
Dina claims her daughter's ongoing problems all stem from graphic incidents in which she witnessed her father beat her mother in 1986 - and rape in 1990.
"Lindsay saw her dad abuse me - that's why she's so screwed up," Dina said. "She saw a lot of crazy stuff. I want the world to know the root of her problems."
"Lindsay saw the beatings and the abuse. She said, 'Stay, mommy, don't leave … I'm so sorry for making you stay.' But I didn't stay for Lindsay. I wanted all my kids to be happy."
Dina, 50, told the paper that the attack - one of many she says she endured during their 22-year marriage - occurred after they dined in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
Michael Lohan, she says, had spent the night getting drunk and high on cocaine, Dina claims, eventually leading him to punch her in the face with a closed fist.
Dina backed up her clai with a photo of a bruise under her right eye, holding an infant Lindsay (she
sought medical attention December 4, 1986 for facial "blunt trauma.")
Dina Lohan said that "when Lindsay saw the photo, she was furious. She said, 'Tell the world! Talk about it!'" Michael denied the story to the paper, of course.
According to MiLo, the circumstances were completely different.
"I came in at 2 o'clock in the morning after being out with some friends," he says. "I walked in and she hit me with an ice tray. With the back of my hand I slapped her in the face."