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Contestant w/ assault charges!?

posted 17 years ago by Firstball
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This was taken from an AOL excerpt on how fake reality tv shows are... did anyone else know this?

http://money.aol.com/smoney/general/canvas3/_a/what-your-reality-show-isnt-telling-you/20080117162409990002

Larry Waks, an entertainment lawyer in Texas, says background checks are "still an evolving area" in reality TV and that the big networks are getting stricter. But the problem is far from fixed. In October, after one of VH1's 'America's Most Smartest Model' contestants was arrested for allegedly groping a woman at a party, it was revealed he'd served time for assault, harassment, criminal contempt and trespassing. ("We do thorough background checks," says a spokesperson for the show. "We're continuing to investigate the matter.") Los Angeles entertainment lawyer Neville Johnson doesn't like what he sees. "I'm concerned about the characters they recruit for the sake of drama," he says.
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[–] A_Plucky_Duck 17 years ago

Yeah...I think some one made a post about this awhile ago, but I don't know if it still exsists.
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/america-most-smartest-model-contest ant-andre-birleanu-arrested-1013496.php

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[–] anabel-rain_14 17 years ago

omg i'm horrified, but sadly i can't say i'm surprised. this should be like front page stuff, i just barely read this for the first time. Learn a lesson people: if ur going to be on some reality show, check all ur competitors backgrounds, or else u might get an unwanted visitor at night!!!! lol

[–] Pacer88 (233) 5 years ago

The links aren't working for me. Who was it?