The Predator Lawsuit Is Settled

By Charlie Brett
11:19, June 27th 2008
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The lawsuit against NBC brought by the family of the man who shot himself when the crew of the show “To Catch a Predator” appeared at his home to arrest him has been settled, reported Reuters.

In November 2006, Louis William Conradt, an assistant district attorney from Texas, was taken by surprise when the crew from NBC’s Dateline “To Catch a Predator” accompanied by the police showed up at his house to arrest him. Allegedly, the man was attempting to solicit a minor over the Internet.  

After the event, Conradt’s sister Patricia Conradt took the matter into her own hands and filed a $105 million lawsuit against the NBC television network. She filed the suit in 2007, saying that the network was “concerned more with its own profits than with pedophilia,” The Los Angeles Times reported.

“To Catch a Predator” is a show in which someone poses as a minor on the Internet in order to attract men who want to meet them. When they show up at the date, instead of finding the minor, the men are confronted by the show’s host and the camera crew. In the case of Conradt, the crew and the police had to come to his house because he didn’t show up at the meeting place. When the SWAT team tried to arrest him he panicked and shot himself with a handgun.

Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan said the lawsuit has been settled. NBC spokeswoman Jenny Tartikoff confirmed, saying that the situation was “amicably resolved” and both parties were satisfied.



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