Oddly enough, this reminds me of a recent pap shot where LJ was in the park appearing to snort something. Billie Piper was also there, it all seemed very staged and it was around the time that BP's show "I Hate Suzie" aired where she plays - an actress who gets caught taking drugs. As BP has children and a troublesome ex husband I can understand she didn't want to be snapped snorting an unknown powder so maybe LJ stepped up to perform the wild child role.
The Rome pics seem very similar. Why would her manager sit back and let them behave like this in public and be photographed if they didn't want it out there? Someone's getting paid and someone's sending a message. They're probably just using him, the clueless chump. His ego has allowed him to think she's madly in love and now he's just done himself like a kipper. Karma, baby.