The mother and brother of Stephen 'tWitch' Boss, the DJ and dancer who died by suicide in 2022, have publicly disputed allegations made by his widow, Allison Holker, in her new memoir. Holker's claims about Boss's struggles with substance abuse and childhood sexual abuse have been met with strong denial from the Boss family, who accuse Holker of exploiting her husband's death for personal gain.
The mother and brother of Stephen 'tWitch' Boss, the DJ and dancer who died by suicide in 2022, have spoken out for the first time against allegations made by his widow, Allison Holker , in her memoir. In her book, Holker wrote that she found a 'cornucopia' of drugs, including 'mushrooms, pills and other substances,' stashed in a shoebox after her husband's death.
Alexander told interviewer Gayle King that Holker's claims came as a complete shock to them and that she was blindsided by the revelations in Holker's memoir. She accused Holker of 'denigrating the memory and the legacy' her son built. Boss's younger brother, Dre Rose, also questioned Holker's claims. 'I knew that recreationally, he had used or tried things. That wasn't a shock to me,' he said. 'This 'cornucopia' of drugs that had to be Googled — we don't know anything to be true.' If the allegations were true, he said, he wished Holker had discussed it with the family prior to publishing it in her book. Boss died by suicide in December 2022, leaving behind Holker, his wife of nine years, and their three children. In the interview, Holker alleged that she found evidence of her husband's drug addiction prior to his funeral. She also said she found her husband's private journals after his death, in which he had revealed that he was a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. In the interview, both Rose and Alexander denied any knowledge of Boss's alleged struggles with drug addiction or a history of childhood sexual abuse. Rose noted that in his private conversations with his brother, he had said nothing about substance abuse or childhood trauma, but had shared that he was struggling with 'impostor syndrome' and feelings of insecurity. Rose said Boss told him when he tried to share such issues with Holker, he said he had felt 'silenced.' The interview also revealed accusations from the Boss family that Holker asked them to sign non-disclosure agreements to attend the funeral. 'To make me sign a document to see the child that I brought into the world — I can’t even put it into words what that feels like,’ Alexander told King. Rose agreed, saying, 'the NDA made my brother and his life and his experiences pretty much intellectual property.' Holker did not address the Boss family's specific allegations, but said that Alexander 'has and will continue to be' a loving and stable presence in her grandchildren's lives. 'We hope to continue these traditions over the years and work together to keep Stephen's memory alive,' she said.
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