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

[JulesMaximus]

Text

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

What a moron. Turn off the TV if you are so disgusted. Asshat. I hope the judges laugh his dumbass right out of the courtroom.

Repost

 

[thereds]

mmmm dead rats.

 

[isasir]

Gimme an R!

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

this will go far...

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

BTW that WAS the most disgusting thing I've ever seen them do.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Damn, someone posted it first...Oh well, I searched for fear factor and didn't come up with anything.

Eat me repost nazis!!!

 

[Ime]

Sorry buddy. I beat you by about 8 minutes.

Link to original thread about this

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Text

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

What a moron. Turn off the TV if you are so disgusted. Asshat. I hope the judges laugh his dumbass right out of the courtroom.

That guy and his lawyer need to be pounded over the head. Is he too lazy to turn the damn channel?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Ime
Sorry buddy. I beat you by about 8 minutes.

Link to original thread about this

I noticed that.

I searched for Fear Factor but since you didn't actually have that in your topic I didn't come up with anything. So, I blame you for my repost!!!

 

-------------Aitken said, "I am not at liberty to discuss the complaint unless it is a paid-interview situation."

That says it all
the dumbshit puked, got dizzy, ran away and bumped his head.....way to go rainman

 

[imthebadguy]

the d@mn jackass shoulda just changed the channel, people who sue for stupid shlt piss me off

 

[revnja]

Yeah I hate people who sue for stupid reasons. Like there's this fat lady in town. She FELL THROUGH some wooden stairs at a FRIEND'S house and had the nerve to sue them. Cold and underhanded. /me shudders.

Seriously though, I hate Fear Factor and other related reality programming. It's all the same. Contestants eat <insert animal here, dead or alive>, then have to bungee-jump off of <insert high elevation point here>, and then hold their breath while under <water, jello, etc>.

 

[booger711]

where's PETA???!?!?

 

[Juno]

Man, that dude has blue balls.

 

[SportSC4]

he probably would think twice about suing if he had to pay for NBC's defense team when he loses.

 

[rh71]

fear factor is such a stupid fvcking show and what disgusts me more is that it's on fvcking prime time. Dinner anyone ? :|

WTF is so special about it ???

 

[PanzerIV]

I watched some show where these people in India ate rats. I've also seen bugs eaten, snakes, blah blah on shows other than Fear Factor. I guess this weak little nancy boy would have tossed his cookies then as well. Unfortunately for him he didn't see them broadcast so he could have had filed more frivilous lawsuits.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: rh71
fear factor is such a stupid fvcking show and what disgusts me more is that it's on fvcking prime time. Dinner anyone ? :|

WTF is so special about it ???

Then don't fvcking watch it. You don't see me watching Lifetime or the "O"varies channel