Ever Any "Fake" interviews in CT? Here's a lesson...

[JNT2005]

From Today's NY Post:

'FAKE BRITNEY' DEATH SUIT KO'D

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February 3, 2006 -- ALBANY — An upstate radio station is off the hook for the death of a woman taken in by a hoax involving a fake Britney Spears.
In June 2000, Clear Channel-owned WMRV-FM, in Endwell, promoted a fake in-studio interview with the pop princess.

Susan Santodonato, 37, took her 10-year-old daughter to wait outside the station, fell to the pavement amid the crush of fans, hit her head and died of a heart ailment.

Police declined to bring charges in the case.

Her family in 2002 sued the radio station and Clear Channel for $1.2 billion, and yesterday, a mid-level appeals court dismissed the complaint. Kenneth Lovett

 

[aceofspades]

> From Today's NY Post:
>
> 'FAKE BRITNEY' DEATH SUIT KO'D
>
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>
> February 3, 2006 -- ALBANY — An upstate radio station is off
> the hook for the death of a woman taken in by a hoax
> involving a fake Britney Spears.
> In June 2000, Clear Channel-owned WMRV-FM, in Endwell,
> promoted a fake in-studio interview with the pop princess.
>
> Susan Santodonato, 37, took her 10-year-old daughter to wait
> outside the station, fell to the pavement amid the crush of
> fans, hit her head and died of a heart ailment.
>
> Police declined to bring charges in the case.
>
> Her family in 2002 sued the radio station and Clear Channel
> for $1.2 billion, and yesterday, a mid-level appeals court
> dismissed the complaint. Kenneth Lovett
>


its unfortunate that she died, but i agree its not the radio station's fault. and 1.2 BILLION? come on. thats a little excessive.