Unreal. Fear Factor being sued.
 

Entertainment - Reuters TV


NBC's 'Fear Factor' Sued for Rat-Eating Episode

Wed Jan 5, 4:03 PM ET Entertainment - Reuters TV



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 an 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.


Reuters/VNU

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Idiots like this make me pissed off.

Sounds like he was too lazy to get off the remote and change the channel.

His TV was stuck on that channel?

He is just looking for a buck.

Not only should the suit be thrown out, the attourneys filing suit should be disbarred and the plaintiff should be imprisoned for a year in a maximum security prison... forced to choke down more than rats.

Well, he DID turn to the show in the first place.

People like this should be jailed for being so fucking stupid.

It'll get tossed out.

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."


ROFL

Whatever.

Not good enough. It needs tossed out and somebody needs to die and be eaten on fear factor.

"Tonight on Fear Factor.... Celebrity Models and Human Cannibalism!!!!"

I wouldnt mind seeing Shanahan being eaten and drank on national television....

Bob Dole just wants to know what law firm this dipshit works for so he can avoid hiring them for anything.

$2.5 million would buy an awful lot of remotes so that dipshit could change the channel.

If I was NBC, I would definitely counter-sue because that lawsuit is beyond frivolous. Even if they don't win the countersuit, they can bankrupt the assbag with lawyer fees to defend himself.

I don't watch fear factor much, but isn't there some kind of disclaimer at the begining of the show? Crap like this lawsuit means that it will be shown after every commercial now.

[insert Orange Bowl halftime show joke here]

:rolleyes: :shake:

ROFL

No kidding. :shake:

This could be a new show. Called "Watching Fear Factor," it would award prizes to people who can watch other people do disgusting things without getting dizzy and throwing up.

I guess he didn't get the quality entertainment he was seeking ? :shake:

Dude should have been sued by the human race for being a fooking lghtweight moron......

Im guessing the previous shows where they ate maggots and other crap were OK? What does this guy have against rats?

Rats is good eatin. Just ask your local KFC.

Im guessing that he didnt hire an attorney since the lawsuit was handwritten. That would be one shitty lawyer if he did.

The same exact thing happened to me the other night.

Think I can sue Budweiser?

And sue Hustler for givin' ya carpel tunnel.

Good Idea!

Amazing how people who can't change the channel to avoid dead rats are somehow more ignorant than people who couldn't change the channel to miss a tittie show....

What a loser, change the channel you lazy POS. Everyone wants the easy money. Frivolous lawsuits in this country are a joke, something needs to be done about it. Maybe I should sue him because I think his lawsuit makes me want to puke and I'm feeling rather dizzy right now.

Thats really stupid, he should have changed the damn channel, and who else threw up in his house at the same time, what freaking morons, everyone throwing up, running into walls, almost stroking out over a tv show, I hope the judge throughs the suit and him out the freaking door. :shake:

They should be sued for the fact that the show sucks gigatic sweaty balls, as does all "reality" TV.

If this works I'm going to sue tubgirl.

Agreed.

"It'll get tossed out."

I hope not. I hope he wins, and I hope many many more do the same thing.

Originally Posted by Cannibal:
"They should be sued for the fact that the show sucks gigatic sweaty balls, as does all "reality" TV."

Agreed. Maybe if he wins, we can all start filing suits against all reality shows for their supreme suckiness. Please God make them all go away.

me to!!! we should have a Torte Trial and everyone on the planet sue. :p