UNIQUE LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS IN REALITY TELEVISION

Abstract

Jill Mouser was hoisted into a “harness of pain” for a period of forty minutes, leaving her screaming in excruciating misery, all for a reality television program, Culture Shock, that never aired. Following this stunt, Mouser was injected with morphine and taken off to the hospital. Mouser filed suit against CBS for injuries resulting from filming the show. Mouser had signed two different waivers of her rights before partaking in the aforementioned stunt.