In a statement posted to his website truetoyou.com, Morrissey addressed the lawsuit filed against him by his former bodyguard Bradley Steyn. According to Steyn, he was fired after he refused to "hurt" a Morrissey fan by the name of David Tseng, whose fansite morrissey-solo.com was considered to be overly intrusive into the personal life of the former Smiths singer. However, in Morrissey's statement, the singer not only denies Steyn's allegations, he also denies knowing Steyn at all, saying, "I cannot admit to actually "knowing" Bradley Steyn...My personal involvement with him has been zero, and he has certainly never been Head Of Security on any Morrissey tour."
"It is common knowledge that I dislike the SoLow site," Morrissey goes on to say in his statement, "and I am aware that all of the opinions posted on the site are controlled or written by David Tseng, and that David Tseng will give maximum and inexhaustive publicity to anything said in the negative about me." Despite his obviously low opinion of Tseng, Morrissey goes on to clarify, "The very idea that I would ask a complete stranger (Bradley Steyn) to physically attack David Tseng surely cannot register with any sane person as being likely. As mildly irritating as David Tseng may be, he is not someone who troubles me enough even to bother with."
As to why he believes Steyn would bring this lawsuit against him in the first place, Morrissey states that, "The shabby truth of this drama is that Bradley Steyn has been trying to extract money from what he terms "the Morrissey tour", and he has failed. He is now desperate, and this story is his latest escapade to gain someone's attention."
Just in case anyone's forgotten, Morrissey is a musician. His latest album is called World Peace is None of Your Business, which Music Times reviewed a few weeks ago.
