Official Response
Hi all,
Patrick & Christina Vitagliano (The founders of Monster Entertainment/Monster Mini Golf) here, with an update on how this ridiculous, frivelous lawsuit is going....
As stated previously, we flew out to CA a few weeks back in an attempt to get both parties together with an impartial mediator, to try and garner an amicable settlement in leiu of going to trial. We did respectfully request that Noel Lee be present at mediation, since we all flew 3,500 miles to be there, and his office is only 45mins away.....but as expected....he couldn't be bothered.
Anyway, while we are not permitted to disclose ANY of the actual details of mediation, we are permitted to "officially" say that mediation failed. The two parties were much to far apart to find middle ground, and we are proceeding to trial.
Before doing so, Christina (in one last effort to reach the elusive Mr. Lee on a "human" level) sent him a letter asking that he take a few minutes to speak face to face, without lawyers, and simply talk this out. She has requested a personal response by Thanksgiving. As expected, Noel Lee took the cowards way out. Instead of responding personally, we got an email from Mr Tagnotti (M. Cable's in-house counsel, whom Noel Lee personally referred to as "the slimiest" of all lawyers, adding that he was a perfect fit to M. Cable's team.) who informed us that Mr. Lee was traveling, but we could speak with legal instead if we wished. We did not wish. We just wanted to see if Noel Lee would step up to the plate, or hide behind his lawyers. He did the latter.
So now....it's on to trial!
We will start a new post in regards to the trial, as it's going to take an army to defeat these deep-pocketed bullies. But in the meantime....
What we are going to need here is a call to arms! To everyone in the audio community and beyond, anyone who has ever been bullied, strong armed, or otherwise taken advantage of to step up and say "Enough is Enough"!
We'll need YOUR help to stop them, by making this their most PUBLIC fight yet! Anyone who has a blog, post, forum, website, facebook, myspace, etc.....or ANY other public forum.....WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please contact us directly at 401-454-8100, or from our website at monsterminigolf.com to get involved and help us spread the word.
We are putting up the money for our own defense, but we cannot win this without a huge public outcry behind us. Please contact us to help us get this thing some national attention!
We will keep you updated as to the progress of this ridiculous and frivelous litigation.
In the meantime, we thank you for your continued interest and support in this matter.
Sincerely,
Christina and Patrick Vitagliano
Co-Founders of Monster Mini Golf
