slacker Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Yes this show has gone a little overboard with some of there sick eating contests, but imo this guy has gone even farther overboard by suing them for it. For god sake man, turn the channel, no one is forcing you to watch it. In a brief telephone interview with Reuters, Aitken said, "I am not at liberty to discuss the complaint unless it is a paid-interview situation." Humm, wonder what his primary motive is??? LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Watching contestants eat dead rats on NBC's gross-out stunt show "Fear Factor" so disgusted a Cleveland man that he has sued NBC for $2.5 million, saying he could not stomach what he saw. In a handwritten four-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Cleveland on Tuesday, paralegal Austin Aitken said, "To have the individuals on the show eat (yes) and drink dead rats was crazy and from a viewer's point of view made me throw-up as well an another in the house at the same time." His suit added, "NBC is sending the wrong message to its TV watchers that cash can make or have people do just about anything beyond reasoning (sic) and in most cases against their will." He said the show caused his blood pressure to rise so high that he became dizzy and light-headed, and when he ran away to his room, he bumped his head into the doorway. In a brief telephone interview with Reuters, Aitken said, "I am not at liberty to discuss the complaint unless it is a paid-interview situation." A spokesman for "Fear Factor" said the show would have no comment until it sees a copy of the complaint. The spokesman said the program did feature a rat-eating scene in New York's Times Square on Nov. 8. Over the years, contestants on the program have eaten some weird things, including ground-up spiders and live worms. Full Story Here Quote Link to comment
DJR313 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Absolutely ridiculous. This is worse than the fat people sueing fast food restaurants for making them blimps. I think Fear Factor should counter-sue this guy for being a retard. Quote Link to comment
joshuavacek Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Both the guy suing and Fear Factor are stupid. Just turn the channel. Quote Link to comment
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