Alleged E-mails From Courtney Love - Tom Grant calls Toby a prankster

Alleged E-mails From Courtney Love

One of the most frequent hoaxes I've seen since we opened the investigation website, has been Courtney Love imitators who e-mail sarcastic, threatening letters. I get them all the time and I see them being published on other web sites. It seems all anyone has to do to convince some that the sender is Courtney Love is to use profanity, make threats and misspell or mistype every other word!

There have been two or three legitimate e-mails sent by Courtney to a young man named David Perle after we opened the investigation website. But Courtney soon discovered, (and I'm sure her attorneys drove the point home), that responding on the Internet or making threats by e-mail was not a good idea. In the past four years, I've seen plenty of imitators, but I haven't seen even one "e-mail from Courtney" regarding the investigation into Kurt's death, that appeared to be legitimate. In fact, they're not even good imitations.

We know who's sending most of the phony CL e-mails and we've found that it's best to just ignore them. Publishing phony letters and giving them attention only fuels sick minds and encourages even more pranks.

There are a lot of lonely people who have nothing better to do than play head games with the young and naive They e-mail letters pretending to be someone they're not, or they claim to have valuable information that is actually bogus. They get their kicks by creating confusion and general havoc while a legitimate investigation gets sidetracked. Ask any police detective; this always happens in high profile cases.

It takes experience and a thorough knowledge of the hidden details of a case to be able to weed out pranksters and home in on credible sources. I've seen a number of well intentioned supporters on the Internet who lack discernment in dealing with pranksters and credible sources of information. Believing it to be true, they naively respond to deceptive sources and publish fraudulent information.

It's usually the kindest, most considerate, most idealistic, most loving and most honest people in this world who are also the most naive. Since they cannot imagine themselves being so cruel and inconsiderate, they have a hard time believing someone else could be. As we grow older, the trick is to maintain our personal sense of character and integrity, while becoming aware that we're sometimes connected to others who have a lesser "sense of conscience."

Of course, you're free to believe whatever you want. I can only ask that any references to Allen Wrench, the "Dream Machine," Brad Barnett, Courtney Love e-mails, and other such foolishness be left off your website. Most of those who have included information about these hoaxes on their web sites are sincere, well-meaning individuals. But misinformation such as this only detracts from the credibility of the investigation and delays our efforts at getting the public to take this case seriously.

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One of the most frequent hoaxes I've seen since we opened the investigation website, has been Courtney Love imitators who e-mail sarcastic, threatening letters. I get them all the time and I see them being published on other web sites. It seems all anyone has to do to convince some that the sender is Courtney Love is 1 to use profanity, make threats and misspell or mistype every other word!

There have been two or three legitimate e-mails sent by Courtney to a young man named David Perle after we opened the investigation website. But Courtney soon discovered, (and I'm sure her attorneys drove the point home), that responding on the Internet or making threats by e-mail was not a good idea. In the past four years, I've seen plenty of imitators, but I've seen very few "emails from Courtney," (regarding the investigation into Kurt's death), that appeared to be legitimate. In fact, they're not even good imitations.

There are a lot of lonely people who have nothing better to do than play head games with the young and naïve. They e-mail letters pretending to be someone they're not, or they claim to have valuable information that is actually bogus. They get their kicks by creating confusion and general havoc while the investigation gets sidetracked. This always happens in high profile cases.

It takes a thorough knowledge of the hidden details of a case to be able to weed out pranksters and focus on credible sources. I've seen a number of well intentioned supporters on the Internet who lack discernment in dealing with pranksters and credible sources of information. Believing it to be true, they naively respond to deceptive sources and publish fraudulent information.

It's usually the kindest, most considerate, most idealistic, most loving and most honest people in this world who are also the most naive. Since they cannot imagine themselves being so cruel and inconsiderate, they have a hard time believing someone else could be. As we grow older, the trick is to maintain our personal sense of character and integrity, while becoming aware that we're sometimes connected to others who have a lesser sense of conscience.

Of course, you're free to believe whatever you want. I can only ask that you do not pass on information or references to Allen Wrench, the Dream Machine, Brad Barnett, Courtney Love e-mails, and other such foolishness.

This kind of misinformation only detracts from the credibility of the investigation. It also delays our efforts at getting the public to take this case seriously.