The lawsuit cites a story in the Boston Herald, published just days after Delp's suicide, which carried the headline: "Pal's Snub Made Delp Do It: Boston Rocker's Ex-Wife Speaks." Scholz also claims that Micki Delp and Connie Goudreau, using aliases, repeatedly made statements in online chat rooms and Boston fan sites impugning Scholz's character and creating an "aura of suspicion" about his charity, the DTS Charitable Foundation.
In one instance, the suit claims, the women concocted a bogus website - DTSFoundation.com - in an attempt to divert traffic away from Scholz's actual site, dtscf.org. In her response to the lawsuit, filed with the court, Goudreau admits to creating the phony site, but denies many of Scholz's other allegations. (Her attorney Daniel Tarlow didn't return a phone call yesterday.)
Pending a final ruling, Judge Isaac Borenstein has issued a temporary restraining order, preventing Goudreau from destroying, erasing, or altering evidence on her computer.
Micki Delp, who lives in California, never responded to the suit, and as a result was automatically found liable, according to Scholz's attorney Sue Stenger. Delp could not be reached yesterday.
Stenger said a monetary judgment against Micki Delp will be decided in the coming months.
While Scholz is seeking damages for the alleged harm done to his reputation and emotional distress, the lawsuit does not specify a dollar amount.
UPDATE 1/12/2008: Micki Delp's denial
Brad Delp's ex-wife sent us a statement yesterday claiming that she has never received a copy of a lawsuit filed against her by her ex-husband's onetime Boston bandmate Tom Scholz.
Micki Delp said she gave Scholz's attorney her address, but never got a copy of the complaint. Scholz is suing Micki Delp and her sister Connie Goudreau, the wife of former Boston guitarist Barry Goudreau, alleging that ebony porn the women defamed him by suggesting Scholz was the reason Delp committed suicide last March.
"It has always been my hope that any issues between any of the parties could have remained private and resolved long before this time," Micki Delp said yesterday. "Brad was a very private, sensitive, and caring person who would be appalled that his thoughts, feelings, and confidences have to be publicized in this manner."
Scholz's attorney Sue Stenger scoffed at Delp's statement, saying the defendant was properly served and had actual notice of the complaint, as well as a copy of it. "Her sister Connie managed to file a response on time," said Stenger.
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