Joe Curtatone’s feud with Barstool Sports is headed to court.
The Somerville mayor announced Monday afternoon that he had filed a civil lawsuit against podcaster Kirk Minihane and his new employer, Barstool, after the former WEEI radio host recorded a telephone interview with him while pretending to be a Boston Globe columnist.
The lawsuit, which was filed Monday in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn and posted online by Curtatone’s campaign, cites a Massachusetts state law against recording an individual without his or her consent. Curtatone says the lawsuit is not for “personal gain” and he plans to donate any damages awarded from the suit to RESPOND, an anti-domestic violence nonprofit in Somerville.