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“We would have to use those in case there was a rape trial.”

But this was hardly a gangsta’s paradise. “Some people think that money is the key to happiness, but you can have all the money in the world and still be miserable,” William writes. “Look at Slim — he has money, and he is the most miserable man I know.”

In the last few weeks, Eminem has been locked in legal battles with his mother and his wife, both of whom are suing him for $10 million. His mother claims that he has defamed her in his songs. His wife also claims that he defamed her, a few weeks ago, after he filed for divorce. They are fighting for custody of their 5-year-old daughter.

“I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner,” Williams says. “Marshall was abandoned by his father, so he wanted to do right by his kid. But things just got too far gone.”

In songs like “Kim,” Eminem fantasizes about beating and killing his wife:

Don’t you get it bitch, no one can hear you? Now shut the f—k up and get what’s comin’ to you You were supposed to love me NOW BLEED!

But Williams says it was Kim who was the violent one. “I never saw him get physical with her,” Williams says. “But she was in his face. I saw her once point a finger and push his head backwards. It was obvious things were headed for an end.”

Williams says Rosenberg was happy to see Eminem escape from the pressures of celebrity and family through drugs. The more his client was isolated, the easier he was to control, according to Williams. In a passage directed at Rosenberg, he writes: “I’ve watched you keep Slim high and intoxicated. I guess it makes your job easier. It’s his fault for letting you influence him, but you are supposed to be his manager. You are supposed to take care of him.”

Williams is now out of the security business and has returned to work as an inspector for General Motors. He and his wife are raising 1-