NBC sued over "Dateline" sex predator suicide

[The Lizard]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07182007/tv/dateline_sued_in_sex_sting_suicide_tv_cynthia_r__fagen.htm

July 18, 2007 -- The sister of a veteran Texas prosecutor who blew his brains out as he was about to be busted in an underage-sex sting set up by "Dateline" is slapping NBC with a $100 million suit.

Louis "Bill" Conradt grabbed a gun and shot himself as he spotted cops, reporter Chris Hansen and a camera crew from the popular "To Catch a Predator" segment outside his home on Nov. 5, 2006, according to a notice of claim sent to NBC yesterday.

The suit will be filed Monday in Manhattan Federal Court on behalf of his estate, said Patricia Conradt's lawyer, Bruce Baron.

"NBC was responsible for his death. They conducted their sting operation and intentionally and with negligence sensationalized the situation," Baron said.

"It brought it to the point that he died of a self inflicted gun shot wound."

The 56-year-old prosecutor, a highly praised 20-year-law enforcement veteran, allegedly went online to solicit sex from a 13-year-old boy.

Hansen and a "Dateline" crew tagged along with cops to the prosecutor's home to capture the arrest.

NBC said if a suit is filed, "we will defend ourselves vigorously, as we believe the claims are completely without merit."

$100 million eh? It's a shame the guy went nuts and killed himself, but I don't think NBC is at fault just because it's more dramatic when the cops swoop in and nab the perverts as they're walking away from the Dateline crew.

 

[Apollo]

wait.....he had a gun with him??? so if this wasnt an undercover sting, he would have had the gun when he met the girl? for all we know he could have done somthing to the girl if this was a real, and wasnt an undercover sting

 

[PLAS]

in other words, "excuse my brother for being a pedophile, now let's get who exposed him"

 

[PLAS]

wait.....he had a gun with him??? so if this wasnt an undercover sting, he would have had the gun when he met the girl?

boy

 

[JP]

This is ludicrous.

 

[Apollo]

did he take the gun from the cops, or was it his gun?

 

[Sassy1]

Hmmmmm. I am suppose to feel bad for him?

 

[Kebab gud]

Hope she wins.. the press is there to report the news.. not create it..
the media has gone WAY to far.. leave the busting of kiddie fiddlers to the cops..

 

[Kebab gud]

wait.....he had a gun with him??? so if this wasnt an undercover sting, he would have had the gun when he met the girl? for all we know he could have done somthing to the girl if this was a real, and wasnt an undercover sting

they came to his house.. he was at home..

 

[Apollo]

they came to his house.. he was at home..

ooo ok...because every time i watch the show the guy always drives to the little girls house, then the dateline person walks in, then when the guy leaves the house cops are waiting for him outside

so this must have been after he did somthing, instead of he was About to do somthing

 

[Deep Thinkin'!]

I heard about this.

Was it the cop's gun or his own?

 

[Kebab gud]

I heard about this.

Was it the cop's gun or his own?

once again.. it was at his own house..
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15592444/

 

[K.B.]

Good....now if all pedo's could follow suit.

The fact is is that NBC will probably get alot of heat over this because the sex offender laws in america (and canada) are WAY to laxed.

 

[Ghostvirus]

Hope she wins.. the press is there to report the news.. not create it..
the media has gone WAY to far.. leave the busting of kiddie fiddlers to the cops..

Agreed.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

There is no going back to life after being caught on that show. You're pretty much watching lives end every time you watch it.

 

[Super Kal]

leave the busting of kiddie fiddlers to the cops..

I agree, and that's all I have to say on this matter.

 

[The Chris]

As long as sex predators are getting apprehended, I don't care who's doing it. As long as they do it right! To hell with this suit, the dateline people are doing the right thing.

 

[Dorian Gray]

Hope she wins.. the press is there to report the news.. not create it..
the media has gone WAY to far.. leave the busting of kiddie fiddlers to the cops..

The way I see it the law doesn't really treat child molestation/rape as an important crime. Even with any sort of "sting" I doubt these people even spend any real prison time.

I even saw a women on Nancy Grace saying "It's not a major problem STOP WORRYING ABOUT IT" Then she babbled on about Iraq.

 

[Apollo]

NEXT WEEK ON NBC DATELINE!!!

"To Catch a Homicidal Maniac!"


Dateline: hello there.... do you know why i am here?...so..is this you naked??...the same picture you sent to that old man??....and is this a picture of you stabbing those 5 people?....is this a picture of you wearing their skin??...so i see you have brought the knife....emotionaly attached to the knife are you?

Homicidal Maniac: GAHH! *jumps over counter and stabs dateline man in chest*

 

[DareDemon]

Hope she wins.. the press is there to report the news.. not create it..
the media has gone WAY to far.. leave the busting of kiddie fiddlers to the cops..

They are working with the cops. I don't see a problem with child rapists getting in trouble. I can only think of one possible explanation as to why you wouldn't want them arrested.

 

[The Chris]

Wait. The bastard is trying to have sex wiht a little kid, then blows his own damn brains out, and NBC is the wrong in her eyes? The man deserved what he got in life, and what he'll get in hell!

 

[eat aliens]

Good....now if all pedo's could follow suit.

The fact is is that NBC will probably get alot of heat over this because the sex offender laws in america (and canada) are WAY to laxed.

Agreed. That guy did the world a favor.

 

[Kelly]

Her brother may have been a pedophile....but she's about to be a multi-millionaire.....not 100 million....but a hefty sum.

 

[K.B.]

Yes she is and that's the most disgusting thing about this.

 

[tzarinna]

Well he was a prosecutor so it's not that big of a surprise that he had a gun. I'm sure he put a lot of people away that would like him dead.
If I were his sister I wouldn't want anyone to know that my bro was some sick bastard wanting to have sex with 13 year old boys.