Steven Cohen was happy to pose with a big fat Cuban cigar in between his teeth a few years ago after 'his team' Chelsea lifted the Premier League trophy but I highly doubt the LA-based ex-pat will be chomping on one of Havana's finest at this moment in time.Yesterday Cohen made what he said would be the final tranmission of his radio show World Soccer Daily claiming that he was pulling the plug due to threats made against his friends and step-family by Liverpool supporters as part of an ongoing smear campaign against him.
Anyone who has kept their finger on the pulse with regards to Cohen's behaviour over the past five months will know that he has repeatedly smeared the name of the Liverpool supporters who were at Hillsborough 20 years ago and will no doubt continue to do so. It is also worth mentioning that Nick Geber, WSD's majority shareholder and a Liverpool fan to boot, pulled the show because he was sick of the constant investigations of Cohen by the FBI following serious threats made against Anthony Ananins, a key member of the US-based boycott against Cohen.
Cohen in turn has claimed that he has received anti-Semitic emails and death threats but has failed to supply information of these alleged threats to the LAPD and the FBI which casts further doubt over his claims.
For the time being the hate spewer and his Glaswegian lapdog have stepped out of the public limelight. I have no doubt that they will return and probably reference the turblent five months they have had to endure because of the ill-informed and downright disrespectful comments but as long as they don't make those same mistakes there will be no case to answer and no boycotts to resume.
The memories of the 96 who lost their lives has been preserved after Cohen's slurs on their names and credit has to go to everyone connected to the campaign both here and in the States, particularly Tony, Conor Brennan and Mel Abshier. This campaign was set up in order to gain some justice for the 96 who were slandered by Steven Cohen and his band of merry men at WSD and justice, in some form at least, has prevailed.
RIP 96
You'll Never Walk Alone
