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Post by Black Widow on Jan 7, 2005 8:46:27 GMT -6
I don't know if any of you have seen this show but I love the show. I was listening to the radio this morning and heard that someone has filled a lawsuit because of the "FOOD" competition of the show. Now to me that is just crazy. What was being said is that this person does not know when this part of the show takes place and when it does they get "ill". They advertize it at the beginning of the show and before comercial. Wouldn't you think that if you see someone on tv either make a gross out sound or face wouldn't you think that the " FOOD " part was next.....DUH. Just another pointless lawsuit that to me is wasting everyones time. I think that if you watch the show that means you know what " FEAR FACTOR " means and that people are doing whatever it takes to win money. I say if you don't like the idea don't watch it. Don't you?
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Post by Black Widow on Jan 7, 2005 9:16:25 GMT -6
Here is the article:
Viewer Sues Over 'Fear Factor' Rat Episode Jan 6, 5:13 PM EST
Associated Press
CLEVELAND -- Apparently nausea was a factor for a "Fear Factor" viewer who is suing NBC for $2.5 million, contending an episode in which contestants eat rats made him vomit.
Austin Aitken said he watches "Fear Factor" often and had no problem with past episodes in which the reality show's contestants ate things like worms and insects in pursuit of a $50,000 prize.
But the Cleveland man said showing people eating rats mixed in a blender was degrading to the contestants and the viewers.
"These networks are going too far. Period," Aitken said Thursday. "They need to check themselves, clean up their own acts. It's barbaric, some of the things they ask these individuals to do."
Aitken's handwritten lawsuit contends the rat-eating made his blood pressure rise, making him dizzy and lightheaded.
"I didn't see the doorway on route to my room," his lawsuit reads. "I ran into it causing suffering, injury and great pain."
Asked why he didn't shut off his television before the rat-eating segment, Aitken said he couldn't do it quick enough.
NBC responded with a brief statement: "We believe that the claim is completely without merit."
Aitken, 49, said he wants to send a message to NBC and other networks with the lawsuit. He said he isn't concerned with winning a cash judgment in court.
"I just put any figure. You really think I expect to get 2.5 million?" he said.
Court records show Aitken, who works as a paralegal, filed two lawsuits against tobacco companies in the late 1990s. Both were dismissed.
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Post by Rock Spyder on Jan 7, 2005 9:20:33 GMT -6
Another Lawsuit... Man people suck.... Oh well..
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Post by hcfr34 on Jan 9, 2005 20:12:46 GMT -6
Dead-beats with nothing better to do with their time.
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Post by PDBRider on Jan 9, 2005 20:17:16 GMT -6
this that how ppl make money these days??? with a lawsuit here and a lawsuit there everywhere a lawsuit.
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