Lovelace then became a born-again Christian and married construction worker Larry Marchiano, with whom she had two children by 1980. That same year, she released her autobiography Ordeal. It told a different version of the Deep Throat years — explaining that she was not a carefree porn star but instead a trapped and vulnerable young woman.
Linda Lovelace claimed that Chuck Traynor had controlled and manipulated her, forcing her into a career as a porn star. He allegedly beat her until she was bruised and sometimes even held her at gunpoint. According to Lovelace, he threatened to kill her if she didn’t comply with his demands, saying that she would be “just another dead hooker shot in her hotel room.”
These claims were met with mixed responses — with some supporting her and others being more skeptical. As for Traynor himself, he admitted to hitting Lovelace, but he claimed that it was all part of a voluntary sex game.