After contacting the Boys Club and telling them that another victim had come forward, they responded with the following letter, raising their demand to production of the perpetrators. An eyewitness was no longer sufficient. Moving the goal post like this, as the Boys Club has done many times, resulted in a demand being raised from a mere weekly allowance to $300,000.
January 25, 2000
Dear Mr. Chester:
I am in receipt of your letter dated January 24, 2000, and you may be assured that I have forwarded it to my client. I can also assure you that neither I nor the board members or administrators at the Club have any knowledge of the individual or the incident you reference in your letter. Since you claim that he had information proving that the Club knew about this incident immediately after it happened, I would ask that you share that information with us. Additionally, since you claim that the perpetrators involved in this new individual’s claim were the same people who assaulted you, can you now give us those names?
I had hoped that we were past the point of deadlines and ultimatums. If you are interested in sharing this information with us, please let me know.
Sincerely,
[signed]
Judith A. Malone
JAM:cgr
I telephoned the Palmer & Dodge attorneys and read the letter to them directly. I also faxed them a copy of it. They responded with a resounding “No” on February 18.