As for LRM's background, it seems to me that people on this thread are making a lot of unsupported assumptions about his childhood and family upbringing. There is absolutely ZERO independent evidence supporting any conclusion that LRM was abused, sexually or otherwise, growing up.
Yes, he was not raised in a stable nuclear family unit, but if every child who was raised in those circumstances-- by a single mom or dad-- or even suffered some form of abuse, turned into a murderous psychopath, they would constitute far more than the estimated 1% of the general population.
LRM, in my opinion, is a psychopath and pathological liar. He has lied so often about so many things, that no statement he has made should be received as credible unless supported by independent corroborating evidence.
That includes statements that he *has* made or *will make* about his past, his family, his alleged abuse, his alleged plastic surgery, his alleged ties to Russian mobs, his alleged stalkers (ie "Manny"), his alleged relationship to Karla Homolka, etc, etc, etc.
People should also know that all of these prior statements, including emails to that New York attorney, and any online statements, would really be no help to LRM at trial. Prosecutors could use such prior statements against him as "admissions", which is an exception to the Hearsay Rule of evidence-- that statements made out of court are not admissible.
LRM, however, could not tender any of these such statements as evidence, as they would excluded as "prior consistent statements"; such statements are inadmissible on the basis that they are too easily fabricated beforehand, to bolster credibility or testimony at trial.
In summary, until some other credible evidence surfaces-- like a third party or family member who will testify about any such abuse-- I think we ought not assume any kind of childhood abuse; even if he "looks" or seems to "act" like someone who acts as someone abused, through our own anecdotal experience.
Psychopaths are highly manipulative-- sometimes fooling even clinical psychologists. If LRM was mimicking serial killers in so many other ways, why is it so difficult to believe he is also lying about his own childhood or personal family experiences, to fit the "role" of famous serial killers, who themselves were abused as children?