Naked pics of Tom Brady's son off of Web site

BOSTON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A blogger who posted naked photos of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's son said he removed the pictures after a visit from state investigators.

David Portnoy of barstoolsports.com said in a post the police were friendly, non-threatening and "basically just said they were getting lots of complaint from the lunatic fringe ... and it would be in the best interest of everybody involved if I'd just take them down," The Boston Globe reported Tuesday.

While maintaining he had every right to post the picture, Portnoy said he wasn't "looking to make [cops'] jobs more difficult [than] it already is," so he removed the photo.

Portnoy came under intense attack on the airwaves and elsewhere last week after he posted pictures of the toddler naked on a beach in Costa Rica. Some people called for criminal charges against Portnoy.

Jason Wolfe, vice president of programming for WEEI-AM, a sports talk station, posted on the radio station's Twitter page that Portnoy would not be invited to appear again, saying, "What he did was completely irresponsible."

Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio didn't comment specifically on the visit to Portnoy's home because the matter was handled by Attorney General Martha Coakley's office, the Globe said.

A spokeswoman for Coakley's office confirmed detectives from her office visited Portnoy, the Boston Herald reported.

"We asked Mr. Portnoy to remove the postings and appreciate that he voluntarily chose to do so," Coakley spokeswoman Melissa Karpinksky said in a statement. "At this time, no further action is pending."