Source: Liverpool_Echo
Owner's son Tom Hicks Junior apologises to Liverpool FC fan for sending abusive email
Tom Hicks Junior 300[LNB]* READ the original Blood Red column that sparked the exchange here[LNB]TOM HICKS JR has apologised to a Liverpool supporter after he was accused of sending an abusive email.[LNB]The Dallas based Liverpool director and son of co-owner Tom Hicks Senior was contacted by Stephen Horner, a concerned fan, who emailed him an extract of a Liverpool Echo article published this weekend.[LNB]The extract contained a series of points raised in the Football Echo's Blood Red Column this weekend. The article analysed and explored the challenges facing Rafa Benitez.[LNB]But just before 4am in Texas yesterday (10am in England), Hicks Jr sent one reply calling Mr Horner 'an idiot'.[LNB]He then sent another email - this time with Liverpool's financial and commercial directors Philip Nash and Ian Ayre copied in - which told Horner: 'Blow me f*** face. Go to Hell. I'm sick of you.'[LNB]Mr Horner says he was shocked by the outburst but late last night, he was again contacted by Hicks Jr, this time to say sorry for the incident.[LNB]The email read: 'Stephen, I apologize for losing my temper and using bad language with you. It was a kneejerk reaction. Tommy'[LNB]Liverpool - who have sold Andriy Voronin and Andrea Dossena this weekend to Dinamo Moscow and Napoli respectively - were not making any comment today on the incident but the club insist neither Mr Nash or Mr Ayre received the original email.[LNB]This is not the first time that Hicks Jr has clashed with Liverpool supporters.[LNB]He was at the centre of a heated row in the Sandon Pub, near Anfield, in February 2008 after the Reds had beaten Middlesbrough 3-2 - read here.
