It's the question everyone asks: Why is Lindsay Lohan a trainwreck? Her mom has finally given us an answer. Dina Lohan tells the New York Daily News, "Lindsay saw her dad abuse me -- that’s why she’s so screwed up."

Dina says her ex-husband Michael physically assaulted and once raped her during their 22-year marriage. Though she never filed domestic abuse charges, Dina says she's coming forward now to "set the record straight. I need to make the world aware that Lindsay is messed up because her father is messed up... She saw a lot of crazy stuff. I want the world to know the root of her problems."

Michael denies the allegations, calling them "evil lies” about decades-old events. Dina and Michael divorced in 2007.