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JamesG · 03-23-2010, 05:54 PM

TV "Wife Swap" kid sues show for $100M
By DAREH GREGORIAN
March 23, 2010

A teen ex-beauty queen is suing Disney and the TV show "Wife Swap" for $100 million -- charging that they intentionally ruined her life by making her look like a spoiled brat, exposing her to "ridicule, mockery and derision."

"For their own profit, defendants purposefully, intentionally and knowingly caused severe emotional and psychological harm to a fragile 15-year-old," says the Manhattan Supreme Court suit, which also targets ABC and RDF Media.

The show features families swapping mothers.

Alicia Guastafarro, now 18, was so wounded by "incessant verbal and physical assaults from her peers," the suit says, that the former honor student had to finish high school in a special program.

And while the show claims to be reality, many of its sequences were scripted, the suit alleges.

The former Little Miss Buffalo said she was instructed to pretend to get a "Christmas present" every morning, to angrily return her cereal to her mom and to repeat such lines as "I am the most popular girl in school."

She adds that penalty clauses in her contract "prohibited and discouraged" her from explaining her behavior and that while her mom, Karen, got $20,000 from the show, she didn't get a dime.

The show's producers declined to comment.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/m...RwLogzzialbkSL

ThomasE · 03-30-2010, 06:09 PM

I don't know what to think of this. I mean I work in reality and there is "coaching" that does take place no doubt but she could have refused to a degree to do certain things even as a minor if she felt uneasy about it. 100,000 million, huh? Wow! I wonder how this will turn out.

sara · 04-01-2010, 04:21 AM

Ironically suing for 100 million makes her seem even more like a spoiled brat.

03-23-2010, 05:54 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,168	Teen Who Appeared On "Wife Swap" Is Suing Disney and Show For $100M *TV "Wife Swap" kid sues show for $100M* By DAREH GREGORIAN March 23, 2010 A teen ex-beauty queen is suing Disney and the TV show "Wife Swap" for $100 million -- charging that they intentionally ruined her life by making her look like a spoiled brat, exposing her to "ridicule, mockery and derision." "For their own profit, defendants purposefully, intentionally and knowingly caused severe emotional and psychological harm to a fragile 15-year-old," says the Manhattan Supreme Court suit, which also targets ABC and RDF Media. The show features families swapping mothers. Alicia Guastafarro, now 18, was so wounded by "incessant verbal and physical assaults from her peers," the suit says, that the former honor student had to finish high school in a special program. And while the show claims to be reality, many of its sequences were scripted, the suit alleges. The former Little Miss Buffalo said she was instructed to pretend to get a "Christmas present" every morning, to angrily return her cereal to her mom and to repeat such lines as "I am the most popular girl in school." She adds that penalty clauses in her contract "prohibited and discouraged" her from explaining her behavior and that while her mom, Karen, got $20,000 from the show, she didn't get a dime. The show's producers declined to comment. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/m...RwLogzzialbkSL Attached Images

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ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	I don't know what to think of this. I mean I work in reality and there is "coaching" that does take place no doubt but she could have refused to a degree to do certain things even as a minor if she felt uneasy about it. 100,000 million, huh? Wow! I wonder how this will turn out.
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sara Member Senior Member Join Date: May 21, 2002 Location: grandville michigan Posts: 2,296	Ironically suing for 100 million makes her seem even more like a spoiled brat.
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