NBC settles “Predator” lawsuit
NBC has decided to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed that the “To Catch A Predator” show had caused her brother to kill himself after he was accused of inappropriate behavior. She was originally seeking $105 million.
Patricia Conradt’s lawsuit had claimed her brother, a suburban Dallas prosecutor, fatally shot himself after he was accused of engaging in a sexually explicit online chat with an adult posing as a 13-year-old boy.
The lawsuit claimed NBC “steamrolled” authorities to arrest Louis William Conradt Jr. after telling police he failed to show up at a sting operation 35 miles away.
NBC was working with the activist group Perverted Justice on the sting, in which people impersonating children established online chats with men and tried to lure them to a house, where they were met by TV cameras and police.
Information from: http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/26/date...
