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NBC is being sued by a viewer over an episode of Fear Factor in which contestants ate rats mixed in a food blender.
Disgusted viewer Austin Aitken told the Associated Press that he is a regular viewer of the show but that he felt that the rat-eating challenge was going "too far". "It's barbaric, some of the things they ask these individuals to do," said the man who has filed the $2.5m lawsuit.
His suit claims that the show caused a rise in blood pressure, dizziness and vomiting. He then ran into a doorway "causing suffering, injury and great pain." Apparently he could not turn to another channel in time.
NBC dismiss the lawsuit as being "without merit". Aitken says that he is not really after a cash settlement, but he wants to send a message to NBC and other broadcasting networks.
Disgusted viewer Austin Aitken told the Associated Press that he is a regular viewer of the show but that he felt that the rat-eating challenge was going "too far". "It's barbaric, some of the things they ask these individuals to do," said the man who has filed the $2.5m lawsuit.
His suit claims that the show caused a rise in blood pressure, dizziness and vomiting. He then ran into a doorway "causing suffering, injury and great pain." Apparently he could not turn to another channel in time.
NBC dismiss the lawsuit as being "without merit". Aitken says that he is not really after a cash settlement, but he wants to send a message to NBC and other broadcasting networks.
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