Suit Over Janet Jackson Breast Stunt Withdrawn

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Tennessee woman has withdrawn a suit against singer Janet Jackson (news) and others involved in her breast-baring Super Bowl show until she sees if broadcasters and regulators are able to clean up television themselves, court papers showed on Tuesday.

The suit filed last week in Knoxville, Tennessee, by Terri Carlin, had sought class action status and damages for millions of viewers who might have been exposed to what she said was lewd and inappropriate conduct by Jackson and others at the halftime event.


The suit had named pop star Justin Timberlake (news), who performed with Jackson, CBS Broadcasting Inc., show producer MTV Networks Enterprises Inc., and the parent of those two companies, Viacom Inc. .


It had asked the court to order a halt to offensive programing during hours when children are watching and to award damages for as many as 80 million U.S. viewers based on revenues from the show and how much the entertainers were paid.


The withdrawal notice filed in federal court on Monday said Carlin retains the right to refile the suit if self-policing by broadcasters and fines by regulators do not accomplish what she was after


The notice said Carlin's law firm, Ritchie, Fels and Dillard, which was handling the case for free, was flooded with calls and mail from parents in nearly every state. It also said that she recognized that damages, had they been awarded, were likely to have been nominal given the number of potential victims -- perhaps amounting to no more than the price of a month's cable TV subscription per person.


But if damages had been awarded, it said, wanton disregard of broadcast regulations would become cost prohibitive for violators.


Meanwhile the suit has been shelved "until it is determined whether the remedial measures recently announced by corporate defendants, the potential Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) sanctions and perhaps the passage of stronger enforcement provisions will prevent further similar conduct."


During the halftime show Timberlake tore off half of Jackson's black leather bustier, exposing her right breast, while the two were singing a duet.


Jackson took the blame but said "it was not my intention that it go as far as it did." Timberlake apologized for the incident when he appeared on Sunday's Grammy Awards broadcast, for which CBS used a delay to censor anything untoward from reaching viewers.


ABC also said it will use a delay on its Feb. 29 broadcast of the Academy Awards (news - web sites).

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Originally posted by -Zero One™- CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Tennessee woman has withdrawn a suit against singer Janet Jackson (news) and others involved in her breast-baring Super Bowl show until she sees if broadcasters and regulators are able to clean up television themselves, court papers showed on Tuesday.

LOL! How long does she expect to wait? I don't think television will really be "cleaned up" anytime soon.

I think she realized how ridiculous her case was and is waiting for another "shocking" act to take place on TV so she can sue someone else. It amazes me what people will do for money.

[Larisa-chan]

-.- such a greedy woman... only complaining because she needs some extra $$

[jiayulam]

I think Justin is just getting even with the britney and madonna fiasco!

[Coelacanth]

Originally posted by jiayulam
I think Justin is just getting even with the britney and madonna fiasco!

I agree...

[crameling]

i think this whole thing is stupid. its JUST a boob. GET OVER IT! and the cameria was onlt on it for a second

[boogieordie]

If it was about money, she wouldn't have withdrawn her case.

This is just some ultra-conservative wack-job.

Ashley