As reported on by the Media, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone is currently suing Barstool Sports in civil court (Docket: 1981CV01717).
However, Mayor Curtatone is no innocent man himself. After all, he's been sued five times since 1993 for malpractice, products liability, personal injury, property damage, ect.
Personally, I believe this case is far more about Joe Curtatone's vast ego (which is publicly known amongst Somerville natives), as opposed to any form of alleged severe illegality on the part of Barstool Sports Boston.
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Throughout my lifetime thus far, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone is, without question, the most vindictive & unethical politician I have ever observed.
Ever notice how not a single one of his relatives, whose crimes are reported on by the Media, are ever convicted? In 2014, Joe Curtatone's brother, Cosmo Curtatone, was arrested on charges of rape. Cosmo was never convicted in the end; and the closest he ever came to facing justice was just a few weeks in the former East Cambridge Jailhouse, sadly... not to mention that Cosmo already has a decades -long criminal record.
Then Joe Curtatone's first cousin, ex- Somerville Police detective Alex Capobianco, was arrested for handling counterfeit money at a Cambridge hotel, and being in possession of and dealing crystal meth (both the counterfeit money & crystal meth being two separate cases). He, too, was never convicted.
Finally, the worst of the worst: Joe Curtatone's sister, Middlesex County-South Register of Deeds, Maria Curtatone who, in 2018; hosted an underage drinking party for her daughter's graduation which resulted in a stabbing, as reported on by a dy well-known local media outlet. Maria Curtatone, unsurprisingly, was never charged, despite all of the evidence.
In closing, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone uses the influence & great power of his position to protect the rest of his crime family. Curtatone always says that he "recuses" himself when confronted by the Media but, the evidence is clear that he does not. It would be extremely naive to NOT believe, or at least consider for a slight moment, that Joe Curtatone is indeed involved when it comes to ALL of his relatives walking away from their criminal activities scott-clean.
Having the surname Curtatone is now the local version of having the surname Kennedy: You can get away with any crime and face absolutely no prison time... perhaps even get away with murder someday, for all we know... after all, Ted Kennedy did.
