Posted by Adam

Thursday July 18, 2013

LEA Michele was a dedicated girlfriend.

The actress apparently swooped in when boyfriend Cory Monteith tragically died and immediately took over planning his memorial and other matters connected with his death.

Sources Cory’s mom is not involved at all in the planning — it’s all Lea.

“Lea always had Cory’s back and tried protecting him as much as she could, especially when it came to his substance abuse,” a source told TMZ.

“Cory was sweet but naive. he got banged around in Hollywood by a zoo of piranhas and when Lea became his girlfriend she fiercely protected him.

“When it came to Cory’s drug and alcohol problems, Lea laid down the law in the United States and did everything she could to keep him from relapsing.

“When he did relapse earlier this year, she was the one who took the lead and engineered the plan to get Cory in rehab.”

Tags: cory monteith, lea michele