Man sues ABC over gay "Wife Swap"

[Cal Smith]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/po/20051122/co_po/mansuesabcovergaywifeswap

Ok, if what the man claims is true then I can understand a lawsuit, but 10 mill. is a complete BS.

[TheOtherAndrew]

Bedford's suit seeks $5 million for mental distress that he claims caused him medical bills, public humiliation, embarrassment and undue grief.

Oh come on, its not that bad. Have a fucking sense of humor about it.

[Boring Pop Song]

wierd

[dangets]

maybe if people weren't so fucking concerned about their 15 minutes, they wouldn't be on reality shows

be a normal fucking person. case closed.

[yeat182]

maybe if people weren't so fucking concerned about their 15 minutes, they wouldn't be on reality shows

be a normal fucking person. case closed.

right on.

[getupkid53]

That is funny. Sounds like somebody didn't read their contract. If the contract says man / woman, his case is tossed right there. He is under contractual obligation. He has no rights what so ever and will be lucky if he isn't countersued for defamation. He may be able to get the $300 or whatever it cost for his college class. That's it.

[lucky_krystle]

maybe if people weren't so fucking concerned about their 15 minutes, they wouldn't be on reality shows

be a normal fucking person. case closed.

abso-fucking-lutely!
if he is dumb enough to apply for such a show, then he has no grounds to sue over something so stupid!

[open mind]

i love that the guy swapping wives was having a bible study when his new "wife" brought over the gay parade, god bless mickey mouse.

[The Revisionist]

I would think somebody who is truly involved with a church would not participate in a "wife swap" in the first place.

[Cal Smith]

I would think somebody who is truly involved with a church would not participate in a "wife swap" in the first place.

thats the first thing that went through my mind

[underthetalking]

Thats actually pretty funny. But hey, he knew what he was getting himself into. If he was a white supremist, they probably would have sent him a black woman. He's a gay basher, send him a gay man.

[ghostyouare]

That is funny. Sounds like somebody didn't read their contract. If the contract says man / woman, his case is tossed right there. He is under contractual obligation. He has no rights what so ever and will be lucky if he isn't countersued for defamation. He may be able to get the $300 or whatever it cost for his college class. That's it.
Ya I bet you read the contract too, you are just assuming it said that.

[ghostyouare]

I would think somebody who is truly involved with a church would not participate in a "wife swap" in the first place.
that doesn't make much sense to me. It's not like he has to pound his "wife."

[ghostyouare]

Anyways the show is called WIFE swap too.

For you guys who seem unfimiliar with the term:
1 a dialect : WOMAN (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/woman) b : a woman acting in a specified capacity -- used in combination <fishwife>
2 : a female partner in a marriage.

Anyways I agree 10mil is kind of excessive.

[yaz]

what is he suing him for??? not liking gay people...cuz if thats a crime i know a lot of people who are goin away for a LONG time!!!

[Broken Parachute]

The show is called Wife Swap for a reason. I would think that would be obvious. It's not Partner Swap..it's Wife Swap.

Notice the terminology. :P

[splitsecond]

Haha, someone played a mean joke on the redneck!

Still it is in pretty poor taste, and I think regardless of what the contract says, they went over the line. Especially if they started threatening him with his wife leaving and so forth.

[lightcollapse]

who cares what the name of the show is?

if i had a show called the turkey show and i aired an episode about chickens i couldn't be sued.

[EriatarkaHRD]

An Oklahoma man is suing for over $10 million after the show "Wife Swap" exchanged his wife with a gay man.

Jeffrey D. Bedford of Haileyville filed his $10,225,000 suit in Muskogee's U.S. District Court, claiming that ABC Television misled him by not sending a woman from a heterosexual family to his home.

In his suit against Walt Disney (the parent company of both ABC and the show's producers, RDF Media), Bedford claims that when he conducted a Bible study for the Haileyville Baptist Church in his home, his gay "wife" invited a gay group as well.

But Bedford's suit does not focus solely on his queasiness about homosexuality. He also claims the producers of the show repeatedly told him his wife was leaving him, threatening not to reveal his wife's location if he did not participate.

Bedford said he became emotionally distraught, to the point of becoming physically and mentally ill, as a result.

He also blamed the producers of the show from forcing him out of a college class.

Bedford's suit seeks $5 million for mental distress that he claims caused him medical bills, public humiliation, embarrassment and undue grief.

He seeks another $5 million for punitive damage and $225,000 for other legal issues, including breach of contract.

ABC spokeswoman Annie Fort insisted the producers did not mislead Bedford.

"The show is meant to challenge a family's norms. Moreover, the agreement between the plaintiff and RDF specifically stated that the swapped spouse could be either male or female," Fort wrote in an e-mail to the Muskogee Phoenix.

Fort claimed there is no scheduled date for the unaired episode.
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