Jackson halftime suit falls apart
Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction during the Super Bowl halftime show may be a lot of things, but it’s apparently not worth $5,000.
A Salt Lake City judge didn’t buy a lawyer’s claim that CBS-TV owner Viacom should pay him $5,000 for having to see Jackson’s bare breast during the Feb. 1 show. Eric Stephenson had sued Viacom for false advertising in small claims court.
Stephenson, a father of three, claimed he was led to believe this year’s Super Bowl halftime show would be a family-oriented, patriotic celebration.
Instead, he claimed, he was exposed to explicit song lyrics, Jackson’s bare breast, Jackson and her dancers simulating sex acts onstage and what he called singer Kid Rock’s desecration of the American flag by wearing it as a poncho.
Salt Lake City attorney Jeff Hunt, who represented Viacom, says Stephenson complained in the wrong venue.
He should have filed a federal lawsuit or voiced his concerns to the Federal Communications Commission, Hunt said.
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