BEACH BOYS PULLED STAMOS THROUGH TRIAL TRAUMA
THE BEACH BOYS helped actor JOHN STAMOS get through his recent extortion trial - he imagined playing with his occasional bandmates whenever tensio ns rose in the court room.
Allison Coss and Scott Sippola were arrested in December (09) after the y threatened to release incriminating snaps of the actor unless he handed over $680,000 (=C2=A3453,000).
Last week (15Jul10), Coss, 24, and Sippola, 31, were found guilty of co nspiracy and using emails to threaten a person’s reputation.
The former E.R. star is delighted with the verdict, but admits the tria l was gruelling.
And he reveals he got through the trial’s darkest moments with the help of the Beach Boys - a band he frequently drums with at special shows and charity events.
He tells Eonline.com, "You know when you’re at the dentist and they tel l you to think of happy thoughts? Or, if you’re in a situation that is no t so happy? Well, my happy thoughts last week were Beach Boys. I was thin king of playing music. There is nothing more cathartic for me and nothing makes me more happy than to get behind the drums and play.
So when I got home (from the trial), I immediately cleared my schedule (for a Beach Boys tour)." Stamos will hit the road with the Good Vibrations hitmakers later this week (22Jul10) for a string of dates that mark the 25th year since he sta rted playing with the band.
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