Judge Refuses To Toss Out Lawsuit Over NBC’s “Predator”
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Judge Refuses To Toss Out Lawsuit Over NBC’s “Predator”
A federal judge Tuesday refused to toss out a lawsuit against NBC’s “Predator” filed by the family of a Texas prosecutor who shot himself to death when the show’s camera crew showed up at his home.
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(February 28, 2008)--A judge has declined to toss out a lawsuit claiming "Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator" failed to protect a Texas prosecutor from shooting himself when a camera crew showed up at his home.

Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan federal court said Tuesday that the lawsuit, brought by the sister of Louis William Contradt Jr., can proceed to trial.

Chin said the lawsuit contained sufficient facts to make it plausible that the suicide was foreseeable, that police had a duty to protect Conradt from killing himself, and that the officers and NBC acted with deliberate indifference.

Amanda Leith, a lawyer for NBC Universal, had no comment on the ruling.

The company previously called the lawsuit "completely without merit."

Bruce Baron, a lawyer for Patricia Contradt, said: "This decision shows no one is above the law."

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