THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The son of Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks has resigned as a director of the Premier League soccer club, a week after media reports that he sent an abusive email to a fan.
Liverpool said Monday that American businessman Tom Hicks Jr. quit as a director of the club and its parent company, Kop Holdings.
British media reported last week that a fan forwarded Hicks a local newspaper story about the club’s debts and received in response a profanity-filled email.
Liverpool also said that Philip Nash, Ian Ayre and Casey Coffman had been elected to the board of the club and its holding company.