Don McLean’s ex-wife blasts Joe Biden for inviting him to White Home state dinner after she was ‘bodily and sexually abused’ all through their marriage – because the American Pie singer manufacturers her a ‘#MeToo hustler’

Don McLean’s ex-wife is outraged the American Pie singer was invited to a state dinner on the White Home after he admitted to assaulting her.

Patrisha McLean, 64, and the rock icon cut up in 2016 after McLean’s arrest on home violence fees, to which he pleaded responsible.

She claimed ‘adultery, merciless and abusive therapy, and irreconcilable variations’ in her divorce petition they usually reached a $10 million settlement quickly after.

Patrisha described their marriage as 29 years of ’emotional, bodily and sexual abuse’ and the assault he was convicted of a ‘four-hour violent rampage’.

Regardless of this, McLean attended Joe Biden’s state dinner along with his present girlfriend, former Playboy mannequin Paris Dylan, 30, for Kenyan President William Ruto and his spouse Rachel Ruto final Thursday.

Wearing an all-black swimsuit, the 78-year-old instructed photographers to get snaps of him and his girlfriend, former Playboy mannequin Paris Dylan, 30.

Dylan, who McLean moved on with simply months after the divorce, flaunted her much-younger determine in a scorching pink tuxedo model jacket as a gown, exhibiting off her lengthy legs. 

Patrisha fumed at her well-known ex’s smiles as he glad-handed a 500-strong bevy of Biden relations, celebrities, and lawmakers.

‘It is a harmful and complicated sign. How can President Biden say he helps ladies after which give him this honor, by inviting him?’ she instructed the Portland Press Herald.

‘It is a very scary local weather we’re in when the president welcomes a convicted home abuser and parades him in entrance of world leaders.’ 

She needed to know the way nicely her ex-husband was vetted by White Home officers and what number of knew of his crimes and had been glad to ask him anyway. 

McLean mentioned he hung out with former president Invoice Clinton on the state dinner and nation singer Brad Paisley, who carried out on the occasion.

He mentioned this was the third state dinner the Biden Administration invited him to, however the first he was really in a position to attend.

He was purported to be at one for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol final April, when the East Asian chief sung American Pie.

Biden offered Yoon with a guitar McLean signed as he was on tour in Australia.

McLean instructed the Press Herald his ex-wife was a ‘#MeToo hustler’ who was ‘dealing with 2 counts of ‘contempt of court docket’.

His attorneys filed a contempt movement in opposition to Patrisha within the Knox County Superior Courtroom final August, accusing her of violating their divorce settlement by badmouthing him.

Patrisha now makes use of her personal experiences as a part of her work as an anti-domestic violence advocate, however mentioned she solely used publicly out there info.

McLean additionally agreed to the a 10-year order for defense from abuse in 2019.

He stills claims he’s harmless of the 2016 home violence fees and solely pleaded responsible to get the matter over with a present closure for his household.

‘Don has been adamant since day one which he didn’t do what his now ex-wife mentioned he did,’ his lawyer Walter McKee mentioned. 

‘However in the long run he determined it was higher to simply resolve the case now and be achieved with it by coming into pleas with zero jail, zero probation, and solely fines.’ 

McLean paid a $3,600 high quality with habits bond.

”I can actually say that my ex-wife is the worst particular person I ever knew,’ he instructed the Irish Occasions in October 2020.

Patrisha met McLean when she was a 27-year-old newspaper reporter interviewing him for a narrative, and the pair hit it off, with Don inviting her to his live performance that evening.

Their relationship was a ‘whirlwind,’ she mentioned, transferring ‘actually quick’ from the start. Don instructed her he liked her that very first evening, and despatched her airplane tickets to satisfy him the next weekend.

Patrisha noticed his attentions as romantic and felt swept off her toes. Ultimately, smitten, she stop her job, offered her automobile, and moved throughout the nation to be with him

However the evening she moved in, she recollects that she skilled his ‘mood’ for the primary time.

‘I felt trapped. I didn’t have a job, house, or automobile. Once I was depending on him, I noticed his anger. His mood. However earlier than then, life was a fairytale. Issues had been good,’ she instructed Scary Mommy in 2021. 

Thought Patrisha says that the abuse manifested in non-physical methods as nicely, she acknowledged that he is also extremely violent. 

‘He punched me, kicked me, and pulled my hair. He appreciated to place each arms on my head and squeeze it prefer it was in a vice. It was his hallmark and trademark. His factor,’ she alleged. 

‘However probably the most devastating facet was the emotional abuse. The bodily habits was extra excessive, however the emotional results lasted longer. 

‘I used to be terrified the remainder of the wedding. I walked on eggshells the entire time. For 29 years.’