Roger Friedman at Showbiz 411 says he isn’t. In fact, Friedman says that despite the widely circulated New York Post story last week describing the one-time Bay Area ‘60s soul icon whose real name is Sylvester Stewart (pictured during younger days) as living in a van on the streets of L. A., he lives there by choice because years of drug abuse have left him paranoid about the indoors. An excerpt:
Another friend tells me, “Sly always liked living in Winnebagos. He never liked being in a house.”
Indeed, Stone is going to look at a couple of new vans this week, I’m told. And it’s not like he’s living in a beat up panel van. His accommodations are fine for what they are. “He’s too paranoid to come inside,” says a friend. This is the result of 40 years of drug abuse.
Noted: Not least of all, Friedman says Stone’s attorney, Robert Alan, tells him that the funk legend was paid $5,000 by the writer of the Post piece for the interview.
Earlier: “Funk music legend Sly Stone homeless, living out of a van”
