The FACTS you never knew about "Linda Lovelace"

1. Linda Lovelace wasnt her real name. It was "Linda Susan Boreman"
2. Linda was named "Miss Holy-Holy" in high school, because she wouldnt kiss boys
3. Charles E. (Chuck) Traynor, american pornographer came into Linda's life in 1970,
and forced her to make pornographic movies, which there is more details in her book
"Ordeal".
4. Linda became friends with Gloria Steinem in 1980 and helped victims of domestic violence and educated young females about the danger of the pornographic world.
5. Her autobiography, "Ordeal" became the New York Times best seller.

Here are some more facts from interviews...

In this Eric Danville interview, Linda reveals the truth.

Linda: "I had the misfortune of meeting Chuck Traynor. He started out as a nice person and then did a complete 180 and beat me up from that day forward, physically, mentally, psychologically... The psychological damage will never go away. Linda Lovelace became a fictitious character who did everything she needed to do to survive and be alive today."

and

I'm just sorry that people feel the need to go see pornography to enhance their sex life"

Bob: "But some people find porn entertaining and stimulating."

Linda: "I don't."

Then he Eric really hurts Linda's feelings:

Eric: "There is a certain element of Chuck Traynorism in some of them [suitcase pimps] but not to the extent that happened back when Linda was working in the business."

Linda: "You can't say that. You're not behind that closed door."

play411's review of the "life of Linda":

On June 12, 1972, Deep Throat made its debut, becoming the first main stream pornographic movie. . Its star, Linda Lovelace became a sensation, counting Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson as her fans. By all accounts, at the time, she was on top of the world. A sexually liberated woman taking full advantage of the sexual revolution. [Linda herself said she did not]
But, just a few years later, she was telling a different story. One of abuse and imprisonment at the hands of her husband Chuck Traynor. She was embraced by the feminist movement and its anti-porn crusade., becoming one of their premier spokeswomen, even going on to speak numerous times in front of the U.S Senate.