Saturday, August 19, 2006

Bounty Hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman Is Being Sued in San Francisco

Yahoo -- AP--

A lawsuit filed by Daly City man in US District Court on Wednesday seeks unspecified damages from Chapman; A & E network television and police. The suit filed by Simaile "Cisco" Lutu, 29, claims that Chapman wrongly try to apprehend him when trying to snare a bail jumper who played for the Daly city renegades semipro football team.

The lawsuit says that following the incident; Lutu was handcuffed and held at gunpoint on two different occasions by the Daly City police. The lawsuit also claims that Lutu refused to sign a release for the use of his image however the episode with his encounter with "dog" was still aired.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

....and the point to this article is what?

Robin said...

anyone who is a regular viewer of "the bounty hunter" I think would understand the point of the article. I remember this particular episode that they are talking about, and I think it is interesting [and what we don't see off the air] is what happens after Dog apprehends somebody who is the wrong person.

normally, you would think it would be said and done with. However,In this particular case, and the point of the lawsuit, is that this person started to become harassed by the local PD after their encounter with Dog.

Anonymous said...

I don't watch the Bounty Hunter, but I find it odd that the show got away with airing a bad catch. I would think the guy would sue the producers of the show rather than the hunter who shot at the wrong person. After all, our VP got away with it and no one sued him! OOPS!