Cleveland radio legend, Mike Trivisonno, made mention on his show yesterday that WMMS’ Maxwell made some libelous comments regarding Triv’s restaurant which is owned by Mike’s son. Apparently, last Thursday Maxwell said that he had gotten food poisoning from Triv’s restaurant in Strongsville. Mike mentioned that this was blatantly false and that Maxwell had never eaten at the restaurant. Who’s telling the truth? Who the hell knows. I emailed Triv’s Restaurant to see if they would like to comment, but I have not received any response. If anyone has any more information, please leave it in the comments.
This story brings up a interesting issue for me. I consistently get accused and threatened for the opinions I post on this site, especially those regarding bad experiences I have had at restaurants. While I often use colorful language to describe these events, I have always been completely truthful about my experience. Lying or even exaggeration of events is completely wrong, but more importantly it is unfair to the business owners.
If Maxwell did lie about his experience, he should apologize and hope to hell he doesn’t get sued.
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February 13th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Triv is a wortless horse’s arse who’s ego, believe it or not, is even larger than his gut. Ask Kim Mihalik who was given the boot because her ratings were rising faster and closer to his then what he liked. His day is coming, just like WMMS, and we’ll no longer have to turn away from WTAM in the afternoons. Not to mention in a 60 minute segment his fat mouth is only on the air for maybe 20 minutes, the rest is flag advertisement for Gutter Helmet and Dish One Up.
February 13th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Oh, I hope his brother runs a better food joint than his other brother plays golf.
February 15th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Libel is in print. Slander is verbal.
That being said, complaining about food or service you didn’t like is different than alleging food poisoning. It’s a free country and you can indeed complain about food or service you don’t like. You can even say you didn’t feel well after eating somewhere. But saying you got food poisoning from an establishment can, no pun intended, bring a swift and unfair death to a restaurant. Many, many, MANY restaurants suffer unfairly because people allege food poisoning when in fact the restaurant is not at fault. People get the 24 hour flu all the time and often think it’s something they ate that made them sick, but unless you a) report it to the restaurant and find there were numerous other similar complaints and b) bring in samples to your doctor for analyzation and the food poisoning is confirmed, it’s just something you should never, never allege as it can unfairly kill a business.
February 28th, 2008 at 5:23 am
Terry, Kim got fired because she was a greedy pig. You don’t get individual ratings on the radio, just show ratings.
March 4th, 2008 at 7:16 am
I am a lawyer, and truth is an absolute defense. So, if you are eating in restaurants, and you don’t like their food, you have the right to say what you think. That doesn’t mean that a person won’t sue…people can, and do, sue over anything. They just wouldn’t win.
March 7th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Gary Triv can play some golf, you have know idea what you are talking about, 9 time ohio player of the year
August 6th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Maxwell makes up a ton of illnesses just for show. Maxwell is neurotic and probably a hypochondriac. In fact, he used to bash Rover before Rover was on WMMS so that he can get the fire burning between those two. Maxwell is only out to cause trouble and his mouth sure does a lot of talking about other people but I’ll bet you he couldn’t back it up once confronted. I’m not a fan of Triv at all but I could side with Triv on this one after listening to how MAxwell is.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:55 am
rockandroller is right. Not only is it dangerous and mean to accuse a restaurant of “giving you” food poisoning, it’s also usually just flat out false. You know how you get sick? Improper hygiene. Yeah, you know, wash your hands after you go number 2 kinda thing – with soap. Food poisong will put you in the hospital – other people who ate at the place will also get very sick.
August 28th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
MAXWELL COULDN’T CARRY TRIV’S JOCKSTRAP. hE’S A BIG FAT WASHED UP LOSER AT 33. HE HAS THE MUSICAL TASTE OF A SISSY BOY.
September 13th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I listened to Maxwell when he made those comments. It was direct retaliation for Triv coming on and sabotaging the traffic report, intentionally sounding like an idiot. After Triv ruined the traffic report, they came back live and started dissing his son’s restaurant. But, if a tree falls in the forest and only a 4 share hear it, does it make a sound??? Go Rover