Talk:Johnny Lewis

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Not sure if Taylor Negron counts as a citable source, but this article has some rather interesting biographical information on Catherine Davis, the woman Lewis is believed to have killed. - Jmabel | Talk 20:52, 29 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

This is a great source and should be included in the article. Thanks for providing it. 87.164.110.60 (talk) 07:32, 1 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

Sorry but I have to disagree, to a point. The Negron article reads more like a blog or even a eulogy calling her a "saint" and such. I've no doubt she was a very nice lady but not sure what relevance anything from the article has to the crime or M. Lewis. About the only thing that might be worth mentioning in the Wiki is that she had a history of renting to actors. Just one guys opinion. Sector001 (talk) 14:35, 1 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

I am Johnny's Dad, so admittedly I am close to the subject. When I mentioned at the tea house that the media was operating on mostly incorrect data, and that I had the correct data albeit not properly credentialed, it was suggested to me that I post it here, at least to start with. So here it is -- the documentation for the following is mainly medical, psychiatric and police reports, and court documents -- most of which are not readily publishable or available to the public.

On October 30, 2011, Johhny Lewis suffered head injuries from a high-speed motorcycle accident. Though an MRI was indicated, none was done. He started manifesting bizarre and illogical behavior from that point. On January 3rd 2012 he wandered into a neighbor's property. The neighbor called over another neighbor, a large man, who according to his own testimony in court several weeks later, sat on Lewis and pounded him in the face and head "15-17 times.” Lewis spent about a week at the Twin Towers Correctional facility where he sustained additional head injuries from unclear causes. His medical discharge summary dated January 11, 2012, states that Lewis was suffering from "Ecchymosis, periorbital," or basal skull fracture, with likely internal hemorrhaging. This data, on medical record, was known about by each psychiatrist and mental health evaluator, yet the diagnosis persisted as "drug-induced psychosis," despite the fact that Lewis never once during the final year of his life tested positive for drugs Symptoms of brain injury include sensitivity to light, unfocused eyes, illogical, sometimes violent behavior, inability to make decisions, all of which Lewis manifested. His sensitivity to light was such that he would prefer to sit in a room with all the lights out, illuminated by one candle. The Lewis family repeatedly pointed to this evidence, yet the drug abuse diagnosis and treatment persisted. Though he may have in the past experimented with drugs, they were not a factor in his troubles during his final year. Treated mistakenly for “drug-induced psychosis,” , Lewis was released from psychiatric custody on three different occasions from January through March 2012 on the grounds of "not being a threat to self or others" (Northridge Hospital, Santa Monica PD Mental Health Evaluator, and UCLA psychiatric unit in Culver City) each time over the protests of his family that he was still not well. In each case Lewis got into legal trouble within the next few days or week. The treatment for brain injury is complete and total rest for several months.Lewis was not afforded this during most of his final year. There was a time, however, when he was able to mainly rest for a month or so, at Ridgeview Ranch, in the hills of Altadena, California. His health, vision and reasoning abilities were coming back. He was seeing friends, speaking to directors, writing and making plans for a return to show business through stage acting. A journal entry from this period reads, "Felt more whole today, more real, more complete, like parts of myself had been stolen in my sleep and scattered all over the world and now they've begun to return. So I think better, my thoughts aren't being sent off on their own." In early August 2012 he was well enough to be granted provisional out-patient status. He made a deal with the District Attorney of the San Fernando Court -- his freedom for "time served." He was assured that he would likely simply just spend a couple more days in jail, no more. The couple days turned into nearly two more months during which he suffered a severe downturn in health and spirits. Released from jail September 21rst, he determined to make his own way and get his life together. Negative toxicology reports, negative drug tests throughout the year, significant medical evidence of brain injury and head trauma ignored for the most part by those in authority point to the actual scene with Lewis: a medical condition which should have been treated medically; not a psychiatric condition nor a drug-induced psychosis.

Thanks for reading this. Gershtenblurber (talk) 02:48, 2 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Very interesting read - I believe ever word - however we would need references backing all this up. Have you ever written a book about this that has been publisher by an independent (third party) publisher with editorial and credibility input?Moxy (talk) 02:59, 2 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for sharing that, but as Moxy pointed out, we realy can't incorporate any of it into the article without a reliable, neutral source. As someone who suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury myself 21 yrs ago, I know too well about post-concussive syndrome and the sometimes violent mood swings in can bring on. If there is some newspaper article or other media report that can be a verified source for then please post a link to it here so someone can add the information to the Johnny Lewis article. Thanks! Sector001 (talk) 07:03, 2 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Sir, I am so deeply sorry for your loss. Having lost my own son as a teen, I know this pain never goes away. But I believe in God, I believe you will be reunited with him one day as a healed person and we will one day have answers. 2600:1014:B32B:5508:B1A1:31D7:B6CD:8A63 (talk) 07:44, 23 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thank you all. I appreciate the inputGershtenblurber (talk) 02:35, 9 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

For some reason (and I don’t know why, because the editor in question hasn’t bothered with the courtesy of an explanation when edit warring), but the cause of death keeps being removed from the IB. The template documentation says it should be included “when the cause of death has significance for the subject’s notability”, and James Dean and John Lennon are given as examples. Given this is the unusual death of someone young, it fits with the documentation and should not have been deleted, particularly not without an explanation - that’s extremely poor practice. 213.205.194.214 (talk) 17:39, 19 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

Leave me alone. I removed it per the template documentation, and per BRD, do not re-add this until there's consensus to keep it. You don't even like infoboxes, in fact you seem to despise them, so I don't understand why you're wasting your time warring on this one. Or maybe I do. You were following my edits around, and that's how you found this article. You don't really care, you just want to bother me. Please go away. For someone ":retired" you sure seem to keep coming back. Sro23 (talk) 18:09, 19 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

At least try and retain a veneer of civility when you talk to others. I don’t “despise” IBs, so please drop the untruths (you don’t know me, you don’t know what I think about things, so drop the comments on me and try and discuss the matter in hand). This information is in line with the template documentation, so if you want to use a policy or guideline reason for deleting it, then say so, but until then, leave it in place. (And as for following people around, it’s astonishing just how you’ve tracked some of my edits, even though legitimate - and just how you made it to Fleming for your !vote there. How about you go away from following me? I have just as much right as you to make legitimate edits, so don’t try ordering people around just because you don’t like them. I am under no constraints and am allowed to edit: WP is not a cult that people are either never allowed to leave or are barred for life, so back off). - 213.205.194.214 (talk) 19:34, 19 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

I'm tired. I'm leaving you alone so you need to leave me alone. Sro23 (talk) 23:16, 19 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

I edited the article. It’s nothing to do with you - you’re not worth the trouble, to be honest, but you left the article in a sub-standard state, which I’ve corrected. Now, if you have anything useful to say in terms of the policies or guidelines in relation to the cause of death (I’ve highlighted why the information should be there), then put it here. If not, I’ll presume your deletion of the information was an abberation. 213.205.194.214 (talk) 23:43, 19 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

You edited the article because I had edited it. If I never edited it you wouldn't have touched it. You were following my edits. Why is that so hard for you to admit? Sro23 (talk) 00:09, 20 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

Good. No arguments on policy or guidelines about the death field in the IB then, which means you don’t have one and we can all move on. 213.205.194.214 (talk) 00:14, 20 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

Here's the policy: WP:OR. Name me the article that states Lewis' cause of death was specifically "blunt trauma". I see blunt force trauma in reference to Catherine Davis, but all the sources say about Lewis was he either jumped or accidentally fell. Furthermore, if you read the template documentation it states the cause of death "should be clearly defined and sourced, and should only be included when the cause of death has significance for the subject's notability". "Blunt trauma" is not clearly defined and sourced, and just because this was an unusual death of someone young, I don't think that means it needs to be included. His death was ruled accidental, and looking at other articles of people who died from accidental falls, almost none of them have this parameter filled. Sro23 (talk) 00:38, 20 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

No, the OR doesn’t cover whether the field is included or not, just that a little tidying is needed. I’ve tweaked and added a specific reference. 213.205.194.214 (talk) 12:56, 20 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the OVERLINKING tweak. - 213.205.194.214 (talk) 23:02, 20 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

Could someone remove the NOT? Not funny and very disrespectful. 73.249.254.51 (talk) 12:09, 13 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

I'm not quite sure about how to handle this (or whether to handle it at all...): An article including a quote of a statement given on Twitter by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, is quoted in the Wikipedia's article's 'Death' section. (It's a quote of a quote of a quote) The quote's final two sentences seem to have some serious mistakes:"[...] Yes, it's day of mourning, but it's also a day of awareness and gratitude. Sadly, some of us carry the message by dying."

In the archived copy of the source of the LA Times article there's an indefinite article 'a' missing and it says 'or morning' instead of 'of mourning'. Also, there are no capital letters in the 'source'... I guess the following is approximately, what Mr. Sutter tried to say: Yes, it's a day of mourning, but it's also a day of awareness and gratitude. Sadly, some of us carry the message by dying.

Clearly, (partly) correcting the original's archived copy in the quote is well-intentioned by the one who included it in the article. Nevertheless, a quote ought to be a quote, not an interpretation. Retelling what Kurt Sutter had to say, indirect speech, might be more appropriate. What about: 'In a September 27 2012 Los Angeles Times article a Tweet by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter is quoted stating that the day Johnny Lewis died was one of mourning, but also one of awareness and gratitude, referring to Lewis as 'one of us'.Korinthus (talk) 20:32, 18 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

I don't understand why the 2nd paragraph of this article asserts not only that Lewis had a brain injury, but that the brain injury was the cause of Lewis' violence, the murder he committed, & his own death.

AFAIK there's no evidence of this, other than claims by Lewis' father. In fact, his father's claims (in the LA Mag article ref'd in the 2nd paragraph) are refuted by a brain injury neuroscientist who, when interviewed for the article, states:

"But Lewis was neither diagnosed with nor treated for severe head trauma, and the symptoms his father describes after the October 2011 motorcycle accident (headaches, sensitivity to light) are indicative of a mild injury, such as a concussion, says Giza [pediatric neurologist and neuroscientist at the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center], which wouldn’t trigger aggressive behavior."

There is no reliable public source to confirm the statements in the 2nd paragraph; for that reason the paragraph should be deleted. 2607:FEA8:BB1F:E51C:AD2C:CB6D:9752:2713 (talk) 03:33, 31 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

I am so saddened by this story and the loss of life. I am wondering if his brain was ever studied in any way simply because his life seems as mysterious as much as his death. The comment from Kurt Sutter saying he was not surprised by what happened is not explained. Why did Sutter say this? Does he know something more about Mr. Lewis? My heart goes out to the families involved in this tragedy. Jkkline (talk) 07:16, 23 August 2025 (UTC)Reply