NBC Settles To Catch a Predator Lawsuit
Chris Hansen by Virginia Sherwood/NBC Universal Photo
NBC has settled a $105 million lawsuit brought by the sister of a man profiled in a
Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator report.
The woman claimed her brother's incriminating appearance drove him to kill himself. On the program, host
Chris Hansen confronted Louis William Conradt, Jr., a Dallas prosecutor, accusing him of engaging in a sexually oriented online chat with an adult who posed as a 13-year-old boy.
Per
the AP, the lawsuit claimed NBC "steamrolled" police to arrest Conradt. Earlier this year, a judge scolded NBC, saying the network "crossed the line from responsible journalism to irresponsible and reckless intrusion into law enforcement."
Terms of the settlement were not announced. -
J.R. Whalen
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