Posted on 10/18/2010 7:45:17 AM PDT by MissTed
A Georgia woman is suing Tyra Banks for $3 million after she said her 15-year-old daughter appeared without her permission on an episode of Banks’ talk show about teen sex addicts.
In a lawsuit filed Oct. 8 in federal court in Atlanta, Beverly McClendon claims the show contacted the teen on her cell phone after she responded to a request on the show’s website seeking "sex addicts." The girl was then picked up from her home in Georgia in a limo and flown to New York, where she was put up in a hotel, all without her mother’s knowledge, the lawsuit says.
McClendon filed a missing person report with local police when she realized her daughter was gone. The teen has never been diagnosed as a sex addict, the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit also names Warner Bros. Entertainment and the executive producers of the show as defendants.
McClendon says her daughter suffered damages because the 2009 show "was undoubtedly watched by sexual deviants, perverts and pedophiles."
The lawsuit seeks a jury trial and asks for $1 million in compensatory damages and $2 million in punitive damages. It also asks the court to bar the episode from ever being aired again on television or online.
Warner Bros. Television Group spokesman Scott Rowe said Sunday that the company had no comment. Banks’ publicist, agent and lawyer did not immediately return calls Sunday seeking comment.
The show violated McClendon’s right to privacy by putting her daughter, who was a minor, on television without McClendon’s permission, the lawsuit claims.
The lawsuit also claims negligence, saying the teen was paid for her appearance but that the show didn’t get permission from the labor commissioner to employ her and didn’t get McClendon’s permission before paying the girl to fly to New York, stay in a hotel alone and appear on the show.
I can also see an exploitation of a minor charge here.
Sounds fishy to me too. Plus, TV shows have a big legal department and it's hard to believe they would do sommething as stupid as that.
The show was on in 2009
its almost 2011
where she been?
Sounds like a set up. At least on the mother’s part. I don’t think Tyra is a fool. So we will see.
Oh, please - be fair. Both of her viewers knew.
The mother went to the police and reported her daughter missing.
“Every person evolved can be prosecuted.
Except a democrat prosecutor and other high profile democrats.”
Surely, you are not implying democrats are highly evolved beings?
;-)
This is a case where we can only hope that everyone loses, a lot.
Id sue! and ask for 3 million, it will probably settle and 1.5.
I recently worked with the production team for a cable show that airs every week to millions of people. The shooting was complete and the episode two days from airing when I got a frantic “oh can you sign a pile of location and appearance releases” call.
The production houses run very fast and loose and leave a lot of legal running to junior staffers who often work on multiple productions.
This story is 100% plausible - the logistics people and show runners having no idea that the legal ball was dropped. Several teams in several locations all hired in on short term basis to run off episodes as fast and cheaply as possible.
Perhaps “Mom” should concentrate her efforts and energies on the fact that her 15 year old daughter is a “sex” addict. Just a thought.
She was still a virgin I bet, responded to an ad and thought it would be great getting on TV. Teenagers are not exactly the brightest bulbs in the pack when it comes to thinking things through.
Ok. Thanks. Man, was I lazy this morning.
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