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

[cityboi]

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.

[Urbanrailfan]

If he knew watching rats was going to make him ill, he should not have watched Fear Factor in the first place.

BTW, that is why I can't stand reality shows. I just watch the show for the death-defying stunts, usually in the beginner and closing of the show, then I just change the channel when they start eating what tastes like sh*t.

[Cotuit]

Instead of $2.5million, how about I just buy him some batteries for his clicker.

[cityboi]

All he had to do was change the channel when they even mentioned it. No one forced him to actually watch it.

[MathNerd05]

I suppose if you can win a suit for spilling coffee on yourself this shouldn't surprise us.

[Urban_Legend]

lol, I love how he bumped his head on the door, running out of the room.

[Brickell]

Last time I checked, grossing someone out wasn't a crime. Indecent perhaps, but I don't see how this lawsuit lasts two minutes. I'll eat just about anything, so those segments don't bother me. The ditzy contestants on the other hand...

[PghUSA]

Instead of $2.5million, how about I just buy him some batteries for his clicker.

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