To Catch a Predator Ended After $109 Million Lawsuit and District Attorney's Suicide
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 17
To Catch a Predator Ended After $109 Million Lawsuit and District Attorney's Suicide
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 17
Summary
$109 million in wrongful-death claims followed the 2006 suicide of Texas district attorney Bill Conradt, a turning point that the report says helped end NBC's To Catch a Predator.
Conradt had exchanged messages with an undercover operative posing as a 13-year-old boy, then killed himself after the show's crew tracked him to his home when he did not appear for a planned sting.
NBC later settled with Conradt's sister for an undisclosed amount, and the fallout reportedly chilled advertiser support for the reality series.
The show's collapse is resurfacing because Robert Pattinson is set to play host Chris Hansen in Primetime, a biopic due in theaters on September 25.