But a year-long investigation by Radar has discovered the Ghost star hid a dark secret and actually died from a broken heart — because Niemi had several affairs with both men AND women.
“He loved her with all his heart but it was a serious love-hate relationship,†the longtime friend told Radar.
“She would beat on him and he would beat on the walls and furniture. They fought and I covered up a lot of that — they destroyed hotel rooms, cars, their house …. It was abusive.â€
When asked if Niemi would hit Swayze during his 21-month cancer fight, the friend told Radar: “Oh yeah, it didn’t matter. She wouldn’t hit him with stuff — she would claw at his arms and neck. She would punch and slap him.â€
“As he got sick, he was defenseless,†his pal added.
“Cancer bought him from 180 pounds to 90 pounds. She always had to upper hand because he wouldn’t hit her. He was adamant about never ever laying his hands on her.â€
In fact, the friend charges Niemi was neglecting her dying husband whenever his main care giver, younger brother Don Swayze, 57, was working or out of town.
“Lisa would be gone for hours doing whatever she was doing and Donnie would come in and Patrick would be lying in his own feces and pee,†the pal said.
The friend who spent years with Swayze and another family insider said Niemi was an “evil†moody control freak who was in charge of every aspect of the actor’s life, his money, movie roles even how much he could spend at the store.
“He had another friend before me and Lisa had a falling out with him — so she pretty much forbade [Patrick] from ever seeing the friend again,†the pal said.
Swayze’s childhood friend, Charlotte Stevens, told Radar she encouraged the star to dump Niemi, who he married in 1975, because of several affairs known only to his family and close friends.
“We would talk like old friends, like what was going on in our lives and [the affairs] would come up,†Stevens, 63, told Radar.
“I would tell him, ‘You mean to tell me she’s having these affairs and you haven’t stepped out on her?’ And he would say, ‘No I don’t want it used against me.â€
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