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Twiggyish

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I feel sorry for Krista. She doesn't seem able to make the right choices for herself. However, I do understand her lawsuit in this case.
The people in the house were relying on CBS for their security. They (CBS) allowed Jason in the house. While the HG's slept or partied, Jaon held a knife up to the throat of a young woman. He also threatened others without provocation.
I certainly hope this type of incident doesn't happen again. Perhaps this lawsuit will force them to be more careful in the future.

Kaili

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I saw an article on this that she wanted to be reimbursed for the doctors fees she had to pay for her counseling to deal with the attention she got after the show because of the incident. Right- because she didn't want some fame (why else would she have gone on the show). duh!

Iceprincess

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, now this is just getting WAY too dumb. The more I read about it on news sites and stuff the more I HOPE and PRAY our justice system will throw it out the door. I hope CBS doesn't settle with her. It sounds like she wants more fame. And the only reason they waited this long was to ride on the coat tails of BB3 in hopes that CBS wouldn't want bad press before the show. Which makes me laugh even harder because it has turned into FREE publicity for CBS and BB. Now how many people will tune in to see if anything happens this time.

Kaili

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree that CBS should have been more careful and everything and that Justin shouldn't have been allowed on the show, but this case isn't the way to make that point. If anything she should be suing for allowing him on, not because she wasn't counseled enough or that she recieved unwanted publicity for it.

Not only is the case right before the start of the new season, isn't there a one year limit on filing cases like this? I know there's a limit for some cases but I'm not really familiar with law. So it may be a last second kind of thing as well- Justin didn't last on the show for that long- didn't this occur within the frst 3 or 4 weeks?

Twiggyish

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
***Editorial Note*** Make that Justin up there in my post.

Was Justin chosen for the ratings (knowing he was volatile)? Could there have been more responsibility? Was there prior knowledge of his criminal record? These things need to be addressed. Her lawsuit might answer some of these questions. I do think the timing is wrong and she will probably lose the case, though.

Brenda1966

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 11:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Someone probably already said this but...

I'm thinking that Krista was probably contacted by some ambulance chasing lawyer who told her she should sue and that CBS would settle and she'd get a bag of money. Let's face it -- she's not the sharpest tool in the shed. I doubt she sought out a lawyer on her own and dreamt this up on her own, however I do see her jumping at the chance to get some cash, deserved or not.

It will be interesting to see how CBS handles it. Whatever happened to the Survivor lawsuit that the other sore loser filed?

Twiggyish

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 02:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good question. I'd be interested to find that one out, too.

Kador

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 02:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
As for the timing of this law suit, remember they all signed Non-Disclosure Agreements, which I believe just ran out recently. If she filed the lawsuit prior to that, she would have been sued by CBS for breaking the NDA.

Kahluacream

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 02:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Does anyone else recall Krista laughing and saying "Do it, do it" when Justin put the knife to her throat?

I'd also love to see a jury's reaction when they play the videotape in which she says that Justin is the nicest guy she has ever known ..... no one had ever treated her better than Justin.

Video of her accepting a marriage proposal from yet another male houseguest a month or so later won't help much either.

I never cared for Krista but I almost feel sorry for her now ... not because of any so-called trauma but because of what CBS is going to be able to do to her in court if it comes to that... and the irony is that she gave them all of the ammunition they need on tape last summer.

My guess is that they're hoping for some quick out-of-court settlement.

If she doesn't get that, she may be TRULY traumatized before CBS is done with her.

Angelsluv

Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 02:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Time table to file lawsuits change from state-to-state..

Before Justin pointed the knife, he picked up the vaccum cleaner and whipped it up. Looked like it was going to hit her in the head - that wasn't mentioned in this induced "trauma".

Wonder why she isn't sueing the Hoover Vaccum and Ginsu Knife Companies for selling dangerous weapons *LOL*

Tabbyking

Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 07:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
will krista's nyquil addiction on top of the alcohol problem be brought up?! she had no idea why jason was even removed from the house, so how could she have been traumatized by the event that brought on his removal?! i hope her lawyer is reading these posts and realizes how many people did see what was happening even though krista was clueless. i thought there was a law against frivolous lawsuits?!
i mean what's krista's argument here? she almost had to settle for a boogie, because her 'soul mate' jason was removed from the house for no reason she could think of?! i hope someone is taking care of her daughter, because she doesn't seem real fit to do a good job.

Tabbyking

Friday, July 12, 2002 - 10:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oops, meant justin...almost called him josh, actually, because i think it is only a matter of time before josh will do something really stupid and dangerous if he is already biting butts!

Pebbles

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 03:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What you got to be kidding she really has a lawsuit, whats wrong with are legal system. for what could she sue for having a good time meeting boogie getting attention. what a joke

Jorje

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 11:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If i remember correctly, at least on BB2, they provided a psychologist to the HGs when they got out. I don't think the suit is totally ridiculous, but not a great angle, either. Just trying to get more $.

She was laughing and saying "Do it," but she hadn't realized he actually had a knife to her throat. She was drunk, after all.

Kaili

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 11:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I know it is a common excuse ("I was drunk")...but it doesn't fly with me. Here I go moving from Chiara's DUI thread to another alcohol related post.

Maybe I just don't get "drunk enough" because I know what I am doing when I am drunk. Impaired judgement or not, I know what is going on. Like someone sleeping with someone and saying they did it because they were drunk. Or saying they couldn't say no because they were drunk.

I have been in similar situations (not with a knife, but situations where I could have made a bad decision and excused it as my being drunk). If I don't want to do something, I don't. Doesn't matter if I'm drunk or not. I wouldn't sleep with someone, or leave a bar with a stranger, because I drank too much because I still have enough sense to know that is not something I want to do. If someone held a knife to my throat EVER I would know that it was something that I don't want.

Maybe other people have a lot less control than I do, or maybe she drank a lot more than I do, but I still don't buy that excuse. Tying it in with the DUI thread, if someone dies due to a drunk driver, they really can't say "sorry your honor, I didn't mean to do it, but I guess I drank too much" and get a lot of sympathy.

Just my opinion, and I may be wrong about how some people get when they drink.

Maryann

Friday, July 26, 2002 - 05:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually, I'm reconsidering my opinion on this.She trusted the BB folks to carefully choose the right kind of houseguests.They screwed up and her life was threatened.In my opinion,whatever she said when a knife was held to her throat was the right thing because she got thru it in one piece.I'm not so sure that BB doesn't have some culpability here.