Posted on 07/14/2015 11:30:31 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
..files $500K lawsuit against the director for 'violating her civil rights'
Shoshana Roberts says she was paid $200 to be filmed walking through the streets of Manhattan for 10 hours, with the resultant video of her being catcalled more than 100 times quickly going viral.
Now the 24-year-old aspiring actress has filed a lawsuit against the director of the clip and the advocacy group who came up with the idea of documenting street harassment, claiming they did not get her written permission to air the video before using it to cash in on advertising.
The two-minute footage received over 40 million hits and came under fire for racial bias, amid accusations the white men that made comments toward Roberts were edited out of the final product.
She is now seeking $500,000 for alleged violation of civil rights.
According to The New York Daily News, Roberts is suing director, Rob Bliss, and the anti-harassment group, Hollaback!.
The suit names Google, YouTube, and T.G.I. Friday's as co-defendants for making parodies of the video.
In the video, Roberts - wearing a black shirt and black jeans - endured a barrage of comments like: 'What's up, Beautiful?'; 'Smile!' and 'God bless you, Mami...'.
At one point, a man walks in step with her, silently, for five minutes.
The majority of men featured in the two-minute clip are black and Latino.
Following the clip's popularity after it aired on October 28, 2014, Roberts had multiple rape threats directed towards her.
Speaking about the experience of making the video, she told The Post at the time : 'I felt like crying and I have occurrences in my past of sexual assault, so I wasn’t even aware necessarily of all the times people were saying things to me.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“Even Princess Leia has a rough time of it”
ROTFLMAO!!!! :)
“She is now seeking $500,000 for alleged violation of civil rights.”
Now, I ain’t sayin’ she’s a gold digger...
/Kanye
Aspiring actress? Sue your producer? She is about as smart as she is pretty.
Kayne is a first rate piece of crap but that’s a great song.
“Shoshana Roberts”...........
Tell me she isn’t what I think she is.
Guess I jumped to fast and should have checked out the link first.
Hey I got paid for a job now the employer owns me more money because the job I did is making money.
Right.
Anyone with links to the parodies, they must be HYSTERICAL!
What do you think she is based on her name? Shoshana is Jewish name so that would be my guess.
Here are her imdb credits
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6212739/reference
Miscellaneous Crew:
How to Lose Your Virginity (2013) (production assistant)
Self:
“Inside Edition” .... Herself (1 episode, 2014)
- Sexy Halloween Costumes (2014) TV episode .... Herself
Claims to be black belt in Taekwondo.
http://shoshanabroberts.wix.com/shoshanabroberts#!biography/c13dn
Fake melons I would say.
What a humorless society we've become when saying "God bless you" or "What's up, Beautiful?" is now considered a hate crime. I guess in 21st Century America we should not interact, not acknowledge the existence of others, not have a moment of humor or banter with strangers. Life is grim enough without deliberately going out of the way to excise any bit of fun from it.
Hilarious development.
She says the experience made her cry LOL
She realized afterward how stupid she looks?
She was hired and paid $200 for “street walking” for 10 hours. That makes her a “contractor” in my book. Contract fulfilled...
Note: this topic is from 7/14/2015. I hope she won. Thanks Impala64ssa.
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