Garrison Lived with Jessica as Troubled Teen

Posted Dec 5th 2006 2:24PM by TMZ Staff

As a troubled teen in Richardson, Tex., Lane Garrison turned to his family minister -- who just happened to be Jessica Simpson's father Joe. Garrison ended up living with Jessica and the Simpson clan for almost a year, and has said that he and Jessica "grew up together."
Lane Garrison and Jessica Simpson
Jessica's rep tells TMZ, "She loves him and wishes him well during this difficult time." Garrison was the driver of a car involved in an accident last weekend that killed 17-year-old Vahagn Setian.

Earlier this year, Lane told PEOPLE magazine about his adolescent days; he "stole everything" he could, including cars and stereos. At 15, after an abortive attempt to steal a jug of wine from a stranger's garage, Garrison says his mom "slapped the crap" out of him and actually took him to a police station to scare him. At 17, Garrison was sent to live with the Simpsons, and Lane told PEOPLE that he's "very grateful" to Joe Simpson for the experience, even though living with Jessica was "torture" because she was "gorgeous."

TMZ learned yesterday that Garrison is being investigated for suspicion of driving under the influence in the fatal crash. Garrison's lawyer told TMZ that he doubts that his client was intoxicated at the time of the accident.

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1. Living with the f*cked up Simpson family would make me turn to alcohol, too.

Posted at 2:31PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Who Cares?

2. Wow this is starting to look just like Britany SPears all over again!!!

Posted at 2:53PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Cindy

3. ummmm WHO CARES?!

Posted at 2:55PM on Dec 5th 2006 by DAN

4. guess your mommy didnt scare you enough at age 15, nor apparently did Rev. Joe. You have been getting away with things your whole life sir, now you have taken a life.

Your mommy, Jessica, Rev Joe or your fellow cast members cant help you now--only you, and now the court and jail systems, can and will soon be guiding the life you did not on your own.

Your lawyer will stall the inevetiable for a time, but your day of Reckoning is soon to arrive. Should have listened to your Mom and the Cops at 15.

Posted at 3:05PM on Dec 5th 2006 by george

5. He lived with Joe Simpson? Well that explains the desire for teenage girls...guess that's what Joe was preaching to him behind closed doors!!

Posted at 3:16PM on Dec 5th 2006 by kc

6. That was nice to have a place to live. There are so many that do not have that opportunity.

Good Info.

Posted at 3:17PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Keith Cash

7. This putz will not spend one night in jail, or have to do anything other than "community service":
"When you have the right legal representation on your side, this is the greatest legal system in the world"
Harlan Braun is without a doubt, one of the best. Remember he got just for one of those cops that got caught up in that Rodney King mess a few years back!
I hope this guy got to play "stink finger" with the Simpson girls way back when

Posted at 3:18PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Justice is for those that can afford it!

8. I shouldn't have gotten in the vehicle!

Posted at 3:20PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Vahagn

9. lol @ stink finger.

but this sh*t is old news. why is it being posted now?

Posted at 3:34PM on Dec 5th 2006 by lmfao

10. Nail this idiot for DUI and vehicular manslaughter.

Posted at 3:47PM on Dec 5th 2006 by WhoCares

11. oh, that definitely explains why he's a loser and, uhum, a murderer!

Posted at 3:48PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Trip

12. I am really sick of hearing about this guy. A 17 year old boy is dead and this scum was the driver. Since we do not know if he was truly intoxicated (which I'm sure he was but I'll wait for the results) it was still reckless driving. I'm sorry but he should've been sent to jail, he did have alcohol in his system, that is a fact. My heart goes out to that boy's parents. Driving while drunk and killing someone can get a charge of Murder in the 1st degree (and for all of those who are going to argue that point, last year a drunk driver hit a limo party and decapitated the little girl and got charged with 1st degree murder, the first dui case to be charged like that in that particular state, and he is in jail for I believe it is 20 to life or 30 to life. He was 24). I do not want to read anything more about this scumbag unless it is an article stating he is going to jail for a long, long time. Celebrity or not, a boy is dead.

Posted at 3:49PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Buttercup

13. No one cares if you want to read anything about him or not, you stupid bitch. Get off this f***ing site and go to CNN if you want tight ass sh*t.

Posted at 3:59PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Jayz

14. They didn't take a breathlyzer. So he will not be charged with DUI or manslaughter in the felony degree.

The teens shouldn't have been in the car. The parents are vacuous. Lane is dumb. They should all be taken to the back and shot.

Posted at 3:59PM on Dec 5th 2006 by hey

15. LOL, YOU'RE A MORON. YOU CAN'T GET CHARGED WITH 1ST DEGREE MURDER BECAUSE THAT MEANS IT WOULD'VE BEEN PREMEDITATED. YOU MUST'VE MISSED SOMETHING IN THE STORY. THAT OR YOU'RE TRYING TO TURN IT AROUND SO YOUR DUMB ASS LOOKS RIGHT. IF ANYTHING, SECOND DEGREE MURDER IS WHAT THEY'D LOOK AT. F***ING RETARD.

Posted at 3:59PM on Dec 5th 2006 by LOL

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