I guess it had to happen, although I still find myself a bit surprised that not only would a major network name a show "Wife Swap", but that they were not prepared for the obvious lawsuit risk:
An Oklahoma man is suing for over $10 million after the show "Wife Swap" exchanged his wife with a gay man.
Jeffrey D. Bedford of Haileyville filed his $10,225,000 suit in Muskogee's U.S. District Court, claiming that ABC Television misled him by not sending a woman from a heterosexual family to his home.
In his suit against Walt Disney (the parent company of both ABC and the show's producers, RDF Media), Bedford claims that when he conducted a Bible study for the Haileyville Baptist Church in his home, his gay "wife" invited a gay group as well.
Words fail me. Again.
Posted by Nicholas at November 22, 2005 12:12 PM
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