I've been following that man's story since the false police report and I have to say I feel genuine pity for him. Apparently another case of a famous person having no one in his life who could shake him by the shoulders and say "Maurice this ain't right."
Same as Michael Jackson or Whitney Huston: no REAL friends who could tell them to STOP!
It is not that easy. I have a former friend who I used to tell over and over she needs to change (get a job, stop being a liberal, take responsibility, lose the anger, etc.). Now we rarely talk.
Further, I tell a lot of people they are fat and need to exercise and lose weight. It does not work.
I'm happily surprised nothing bad has happened to Lebron James yet.