What's the problem JAB? People slandered Beetle to his virtual face on these bbs all the time. He returned the favor with great fervor...
I liked Beetle. I really did. He and I were tight...like THAT!
We've been buds ever since we almostkindasorta met once in Little Rock. I had offered to meet him there and wine and dine him at the Clinton Cigar Store, Shrine, Restaurant and Apologetica Emporium...but he was prevented from making his trip to the U.S. by a "personal" crisis.
By the way, I don't know how much truth there was in the allegations made against him by his erstwhile love. He may be as innocent as all get out...and the victim of a spiteful and vindictive vixen. I refrained from passing judgement on him while that was going on because I simply didn't know the truth of the matter.
But, as country foke would say in these parts, "Damn any man that'll beat a woman."