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BOSTON Mastermind Threatens Legal Action Against Fan Message Board

February 9, 2009

According to The Boston Globe, BOSTON mastermind Tom Scholz and his wife Kim have enlisted Burns & Levinson attorney Lawrence Green to send a cease-and-desist letter to the creator of a BOSTON fan board called "CoolTheEngines" where registered users were allegedly badmouthing Scholz for his treatment of late singer Brad Delp and other former band members. "You have caused a multitude of defamatory statements to be published about the Scholzes on your website. . . . These statements have all been made falsely and maliciously and otherwise with reckless disregard to the truth," wrote Green, who added that he'd seek "substantial monetary damages" unless all references to Scholz and his wife were removed from Gouldsmith's site. "I haven't shut it down yet, but I'm going to this week," Gouldsmith told The Boston Globe. "It's become very stressful." Scholz's spokesperson, Gail Parenteau, told The Boston Globe: "Over time, 'Cool the Engines', via its moderator, has said things and allowed things to be said that were hurtful and untrue. The moderator has been asked to stop, but instead has taken apparent delight in circulating the postings, and has tried to pique interest in the falsehoods."

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