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By Corey Rayburnyung

The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog is reporting that NBC is being sued following an incident produced for the ?To Catch a Predator? series.  A Texas prosecutor contacted a decoy who had been posing as a 13 year-old boy, which allowed police to obtain search and arrest warrants for the man, and went to his home, with Chris Hansen and camera crew in tow.  Once the police entered the house, they saw the man enter and say, ?I?m not going to hurt anyone.? He then shot himself with a handgun.  On camera, a police officer reported this to Hansen, and then allegedly said, ?that?ll make good TV.?  The man's sister is now suing NBC is federal court for $100 million, claiming, among other things, intentional infliction of emotional distress...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 27, 2008 (boomark / email).