"Storage Wars" Dave Hester sues show...calls it a fraud
heheh....Nice try Dave....as if we didnt know already......
http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/a-ca...y-cast-member/ Storage Wars star Dave Hester today sued A&E and the producers of the reality show, calling it a staged “fraud on the public”. Represented by attorney Marty Singer in his suit (read it here), Hester is seeking more than $750,000 in damages and fees from the network and Original Productions for their actions and for firing him from the show. “When Plaintiff David Hester (“Hester”) complained to producers that A&E’s fraudulent conduct of salting and staging the storage lockers was possibly illegal, he was fired from the Series. As further evidence of Defendants’ outrageous conduct, they purported to rescind their written exercise of an option retaining Hester’s services this coming season,” says the 14-page complaint, which is suing for wrongful termination, breach of contract, breach of good faith and fair dealing, unfair business practices and declaratory relief. Reality shows are often accused of sleight-of-hand manipulation of events, contestants and other participants, but Hester’s suit tarnishes Storage Wars almost from top to bottom. “Nearly every aspect of the Series is faked, even down to the plastic surgery that one of the female cast members underwent in order to create more “sex appeal” for the show, the cost of which was paid for by Original,” the suit claims. “Original regularly ‘salts’ the storage lockers that are the subject of the auctions portrayed on the Series with valuable or unusual items to add dramatic effect, even going so far as to stage entire storage units. Original also manipulates the outcome of certain auctions by paying for storage units on behalf of the weaker cast members who lack the both the skill and financial wherewithal to place winning bids,” it adds. Hester is seeking a jury trial. Now in its third season, the highly rated Storage Wars pits buyers against one another for contents of abandoned storage lockers. Known as “the Mogul,” Hester has been one of the seven main participants on the show since it debuted in 2010. The second half of Storage Wars’ latest season began last week. |
Sucks he got fired the show will go down hill.
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Of course it's fake. There's never anything but dirty underwear in abandoned storage units.
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Never did like him. He seems like a giant pussy.
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Bugeater on suicide watch
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Who?
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They really will make a show about anything anymore and people really will watch.
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Um, people -- it's a REALITY show. Therefore, it HAS to be real.
Case dismissed. |
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Brandi is not pleased Should kick Jarrod to the curb any ways. |
People are going to war over storage?
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Only reason to watch Unless your Omaha /too fat |
Wow..... If only the Chiefs didn't suck balls!
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What do we got here, a busted toaster that's 40 or 50 bucks, an old 25 inch TV, that's a hundred bucks, and holy shit! A box full of gold doubloons!
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I am exceedingly proud to say that I haven't watched 5 minutes of any reality show in over 3 years. The only one that might disqualify the afore mentioned claim is Mythbusters. I haven't watched that show in over a year. Every one of them is shit and gives people cancer.
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Just don't tell me American Pickers is a fraud that will break my heart
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My favorite was "that's an old xbox, that's at least 100 bucks right there" Plus Barry "The Collector" always finds weird shit, how could it not be staged. |
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I hope he loses, stupid lawsuit and he was a prick in the show, doubt he is much different in life seeing this..
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Never seen it, but I figured that show is just as fake as the shows about the pawn shops, moonshiners, repo men, etc.
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Duh it's fake lol still an ok show. Hester is a pussy and a bit**! Never liked him. Shove his YUUUP up his fat ass
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Duh its a fraud. I was approached for another one of these "reality" shows several times to be one of their "experts" for the show. However, the real job of the "expert" is solely to find interesting items to have brought in to enhance the item selection used in the show.
So I turned it down - 3 times. |
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80 percent of the time no no locker has anything interesting. Once in a while they strike on something cool.
If this shit is as fraud as they say it is, then these storage units would have alot more cool shit inside. MOst of the time its all junk. I know its frauded to some degree and its for TV, just like i said above. alot of the shit is crap |
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Meow how the hell could Barry Weis afford cars like this?
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They're fake? Both of them?
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now that one of the cast members is letting the secrets out, I won't be watching anymore. I always knew (or thought) that shit was fake, but now that's it's officially fake I won't be watching lol
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Is this a big deal? Never heard of the show. :shrug:
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I guarantee you that there are people who watch this show avidly. Decided to open up a thrift store or some shit and lost a lot of money, because of this show. This opens up the doors for those people to sue if they lost their money lol.
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and another thing I don't like. When they are going through the lockers and they are like "Oh that's $50, that's $350, etc, etc" and then they show the profits like they already sold that shit.
come on! I bet most of that shit doesnt sell for half of what they say they will get. |
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i've watched it, but outside of those titties that brandi is packin, i couldn't tell you a thing about it.
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I'd pick Danielle from American Pickers, I'd pick it all day alll riiiggght giggity giggity
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Did anyone actually think it was real?
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I also don't understand how the show puts stuff in the lockers and then actually has to buy them.
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Dave Hester is on my list of people I'd like to punch in the face. Ideally while he's yelling "Yuuuup"
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Only a blubbering moron could watch that show and think it's real.
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Most "reality" is staged.
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You know there had to be some crying going on by some while watching there personal belongings being pilfered over by strangers. |
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He's going to have a hard time proving damages, even if he is right. I have a friend who claims he has supplied them with a variety of film props/memorabilia in the past so the allegation that they "salt" the lockers would seem to be true. But it shouldn't be that surprising -- it would be prohibitively expensive to just "guess" each week if there would be anything worthwhile in the lockers and/or try to find "experts" who could provide any kind of real guidance AND would sign likeness release forms. On the budgets these shows run you just can't take that risk, which is why most reality shows are filled with contrived situations -- there may be film crews following their subjects around all day but they simply can't afford the possibility that they capture nothing of interest.
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they always have some sort of gun they have to shoot.
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As others have said...obviously staged. No surprise here.
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Hell Brandy and her husband started out that way.. The only thing fake is the rate they find unbelievable items.. |
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I've always wanted to take advantage of a storage unit's first month free special, never pay my bill, and put a bunch of empty boxes with enticing labels stacked around 4 strategically placed upright tires just to go watch the auction take place.
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‘Storage Wars’ star Brandi Passante sues over sex tape Oct. 30 Brandi Passante, one of the stars of A&E’s “Storage Wars” is suing Hunter Moore over a pornographic video he released. The Chicago Tribune also reported that Hunter Moore was once the operator “Is Anyone Up,“ a pornographic website. Brandi Passante claims it is not her and is suing Hunter Moore for damages, attorney fees and a judgment to destroy everything owned by Hunter Moore regarding the sex tape. A District Court judge issued a restraining order. That order demands that the video and photos be removed from “Is Anyone Up” as well as Fleshbot.com, another pornographic site where Hunter Moore posted the sex tape. |
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Never watched it.
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What does this "salting" accomplish?
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Yeah, this. How was he damaged exactly? Of course, this suit just proves what an a-hole he is. Enjoyed the show, hated him. |
I'm really hating reality TV these days. It's all freaking fake.
The worst that's out there right now is Amish Mafia. What a bunch of bullshit. |
Duh, I can't believe people watch this garbage.
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