The anonymous IP user is correct that these articles do all name Pinto specifically. The NY Daily News and Forward articles don't say anything about a curse. The Tablet Mag article mentions his name on it's opening page, but not any curse. The link to read the full Tablet Mag article doesn't work and points to therealdeal.com ( article not found). If you search for the article on their server you one , but the curse is mentioned in an anonymous user's comments, not in the article.