Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Boston DJ found guilty, promises to appeal verdict

After meeting both Barry and his partner Bryan Richardson, I’m deeply shocked and saddened by the following news:

What started off as a celebratory evening of music at a backyard birthday party in Provincetown has transformed into an ongoing hell for DJ Barry Scott.

In an oddly quick deliberation, the Orleans District Court found the openly gay radio personality guilty on three charges today. Scott’s lawyer Will Korman, who alerted me earlier this week about the final ruling, promises to fight the verdict.

The popular Boston-based radio DJ was found guilty of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace after he was left bloodied and bruised by a crew of summer cops hired by the Provincetown Police Department a little more than one year ago on July 14, 2007.

"The police assaulted me within one minute of meeting me the first time that night, while complying immediately with their demand to shut the party down," he revealed to me in an exclusive statement.

According to reports, Scott’s lawyer Korman promises to fight the verdict. Here's my initial story on Scott in EDGE.

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