According to Bostonherald.com, a close friend of BOSTON lead singer Brad Delp is slamming a Boston Globe story covering band founder Tom Scholz’s allegation that the reason that Delp took his life in March 2007 was because he was ashamed at having placed a hidden camera in her bedroom.

Meg Sullivan issued a statement that the Globe ignored evidence in court records that Delp had already told his fiancee about the incident, for which she had forgiven him, evidence that he was already actively planning to take his life before that incident, and the testimony of friends that Delp’s mental state had been worn down just before his suicide by his fear of Scholz and his desire to get out of the band before an upcoming tour.

The Globe’s Sunday story followed Herald reporting on the testimony of about 20 of Brad’s closest friends during the pretrial phase of the defamation lawsuit that Scholz filed against the Herald. According to their testimony, Delp told them in the weeks before he took his life that Scholz was a “bully” who made Delp feel like “an abused dog,” and that he desperately wanted to sever his relationship with Scholz but was afraid that if he did Scholz would sue him.

According to court documents, Delp told his closest friends in January and February 2007 that he desperately wanted to get out of the band and to avoid an upcoming Boston tour that Scholz had scheduled. Court documents indicate that Delp took his life 10 days after Scholz informed him that the tour had been confirmed, approximately 36 hours after Scholz’s tour manager contacted him to discuss tour arrangements, and shortly before rehearsals for the upcoming tour were to begin.

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