She won't be the first to sue MTV over its outrageously raunchy reality television series "Jersey Shore," but Illinois resident Carrie Malec claims the show's producers and cast members regularly provoke conflict in order to boost ratings, Asbury Park Press reported.
Perhaps true reality just wouldn't be entertaining enough for TV?
Chicago injury lawyer Blake Horwitz, representing the plaintiff, filed his client's civil action for assault in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois, claiming a pattern of "criminal activity." She is seeking more than $75,000 damages.
Carrie Malec claims she was dancing in a Miami nightclub when Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Jenni "JWowww" Farley and other employees of the show "knowingly placed [the] plaintiff in a situation that would provoke physical harm in order to provide a television spectacle, receive profits and produce a lucrative business endeavor."
The show has not yet been aired, but the suit alleges further harm to the self-described "conservative soccer mom" if it is:
"[Carrie Malec] will be thrust into the public spotlight without her consent after being beaten and humiliated by defendants."
The reality series follows eight young New Jersey adults who share a rental property. The second show was filmed in Miami. Although MTV probably has its own, more flattering description of the show, Carrie Malec's civil complaint alleges the following:
"A major theme of the show is the frequent and random criminal violence that occurs to or involves the cast members and other people in the locations where the show is being taped."
Michael A. Rowe, the attorney representing MTV in the case, declined to comment.
Since battery and assault are considered both crimes against the state and civil offenses, as explained by FindLaw, assault victims may recover from losses in civil court with the help of Chicago injury attorneys.
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