1. Rowell is a long-time radio and TV personality that apparently had many more anger issues than previously thought (stories are coming out of the woodwork now)
2. While the drug addiction truly started long ago (not sure how long, but certainly more than a month), this chain of events really started when he failed to respond to my repeated emails and phone calls. I called the Scarborough, Maine PD on June 15th requesting a "check the welfare of..."
That is when we discovered he was missing.
3. I believe there could be as many as 36 brides based on preliminary information I have received from multimple sources - IN ADDITION to the 24 or so that he had booked with Jim Ciampi Productions.
4. This has consumed much of my time recently as the Maine Disc Jockey Network (
www.maineweddingdj.net ) has worked feverishly to cover these events to make sure these brides and grooms do not get left at the altar, so to speak.
5. I do hope he gets the help he needs. I believe I will be visiting him in jail either on Saturday or Tuesday (depending upon timing) to try to settle a few issues.
Bill Rowell was NOT part of the Maine Disc Jockey Network at all (as has been rumored). He actually applied when he moved back to Maine in 2004 but I denied him based on lack of experience (that we could verify at the time)
What we are doing is trying to heal the black eye caused by Rowell's action by assisting everyone affected to make sure they are able to find Entertainment.
As of June 30th, our network has been able to rescue 11 brides along with 4 others that were setup outside the network for a total of 15 with many more to go.
