The relatives of a dead man whose body was filmed in Atlanta as part of “T.I.’s Road To Redemption” MTV reality show are suing the rapper, MTV, and an Atlanta funeral home.
The suit, filed by the family of Joseph Williams, alleges that his relatives suffered mental distress after footage of his body was shown in a February 2009 episode of the show, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The suit alleges that the Haugabrooks Funeral Home was paid to cremate the body. On the show, T.I. showed a young man a corpse at the funeral home to scare him into avoiding lives of crime.
A mortician said that the man was a “hustler” and that the man’s parents don’t know how he died.
The lawsuit accuses T.I., the funeral home, MTV and others involved in the making of the video of “carelessly mishandl[ing]” the body “for financial gain and publicity.”
The family is seeking unspecified damages for mental pain and suffering and emotional distress.
lol. theres a lot of bullshit holes in that lawsuit story
1. two years later- wtf is that?
2. anytime someone sues for mental pain and emotional distress they are just being greedy and grasping at money. always its celebrities that can cause this and make it worth millions of dollars. would you sue your noisy neighbor for millions for “distressing” your emotional sanctity?
3. its all abut money money money, did you really love your son like that? they prob. didnt even know it was him until one of them bought the series on dvd and happened to notice that the body was a relative.
you are so right, its pathetic that people are paper hungry and that cant make a living they gota take from others.
^ I agree, it’s pathetic.
It’s pathetic that a bunch of money grubbing producers and some meth head rapper are using some poor bastard’s body for entertainment. It’s pathetic that a family who has to say goodbye to their loved one sees his dead face on television weeks after the grieving process has started. Hey asshole, that’s why people bury or cremate their dead and they don’t keep them in a glass case in their fucking living room. It’s called moving on. This shit was downright evil, yes, evil. And fuck anyone who defends the makers of this bullshit reality garbage. Fucking herbs.
Hmmm is correct.
two cats above me are some real fucking losers. just being over sympathetic. you are just playing devils advocate to the popular opinion on this page. you are rebelling cause its in your nature but you actually believe in the side you are fighting for. fuck off, dont get up in arms about this shit who cares.? its bullshit to sue for distress cause thats something you deal w/ everyday plenty of super wrong fucked up shit has happened to most people.
Agree with Eddie… this is some bullshit lol! They need to drop that. I mean really mental pain?? GTFO
They need to smoke some bud. That’ll ease the pain. Pop a pill or something.
You cats are acting like you wouldn’t jump at a chance to make millions. We all listen to the same music where they preach about their wealth and flaunt it when ever they can and you guys want to act like these people are greedy. I sure as hell would sue a mother fucker who spends 6 figures on cars and chains, no hesitation. They’re not taking money from tax payers or charities so let them chase that money. C.R.E.A.M., M.O.B., M.O.E.. I bet you’ve said all three of those before so suck a dick and quit being jealous that they’re about to get paid.
you gotta get permission before you do shit like that. think of yourself in the shoes of the family. they just want some god damn money
and in situations like this, if they present it to a lawyer, they are the ones who suggest the mental pain and distress, they are just as greedy if they know they have a open and shut case, especially with a giant company like MTV and a famous person like T.I….That just screams settlement, making the LAWYER and the Fam rich…..
wtf is the matter with you assholes?show of hands in here if any of you had their child murdered?Anyone in here had a dead relative paraded in front of reality tv show cameras to make a buck?anyone?no?then shut the fuck up and have some respect.Ignorant muhfuckas.
Amen
“problemz” – Get yo ignorant extra sensitive ass outta here lol – TI was using the body to scare people straight. If he was using it as apart of a music video, then you might have a point. The family should be happy that something positive came out of this… shit, if someone else had done the same for their son, maybe he wouldn’t have been in that funeral home…
This is clearly a money grab by the family… I feel sorry for their loss but smh
Christina, you are dumb as fuck, get the fuck off of your moms computer.
yo “chris columbus”(yeah much cooler name..smh)listen u dumb muhfucka don’t talk like you’re T.I’s publicist talking about he was scaring people straight when his dumb ass is locked up for syrup and pills..,The family should be happy??u too dumb to argue with..when your IQ jumps a couple points past 20 holla..till then keep your mouth shut when grown folk are talking..
Wouldn’t it be funny if people responded to a contrasting side of an argument with irrelevant or invalid information, personal insults, and fillers that, overall, don’t move toward any certain logical conclusion that has anything to do with the main argument? Hilarious…
College although i agree w/ your point. your name makes you a fag. a pretentious faggo
“problemz” – How are you going to call someone dumb as you use bad grammar?? LOL get outta here… I’m not saying the family should be happy their son died dumbass. Just look at the facts – the funeral home clearly gave TI permission to do it… if anything, the family should have beef with the funeral home, not TI. The whole emotional distress thing is complete BS, point blank period.
Call a spade a spade – this is a money grab.
FUCK TI
niqqa stfu he clearly did nuttin wrong while your faggot ass is hating for no reason.. gtfo
Annonymous, you’re just a hater too, only you hate on normal people, which is even worse. Shut the fuck up with your corny GTFO’s, and get the fuck off your moms computer.
atleast he didnt fuck the corpse cmon
I understand suing for not getting permission to show the dead body. But suing for mental and emotional distress. Now that’s bs. They just wanna quick come up. I remember that episode of road to redemption. It wasn’t eerie really.
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So the deceased was a hustler and now we get to see that it runs in the family. Emotional distress my ass. I hate money hungry, morally corrupt coonery. May every dime that they steal from this cause them pain.
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