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"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. |
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12-11-2012, 10:07 PM | #61 |
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The December 7th of storage wars....
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12-11-2012, 11:00 PM | #62 |
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12-11-2012, 11:13 PM | #63 |
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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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12-11-2012, 11:30 PM | #64 |
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again, they hardly find unbelievable items. ITS RARE that any of them make any really really good money of their storage finds. Sometimes they bank in when they find coin collections and what not, but its not often.
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12-11-2012, 11:36 PM | #65 | |
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I remember saying man, you can buy a new xbox for around 200! so why the hell would anyone want an outdated xbox? He would always find bags of clothes and say there's 50 dollars right there
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12-11-2012, 11:37 PM | #66 | |
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Ya label em sports memoribilia and coin collection
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12-11-2012, 11:46 PM | #67 |
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Oh, shit. I used to be in this business. We had people do exactly that, and just dump their junk off. I've cleaned out hundreds of these things, and 99 percent of them are just people's trash. Getting rid of that thing was the best thing I ever did.
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12-11-2012, 11:49 PM | #68 |
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Plus it was a shitty original xbox not even a 360. Plus who knows if any of the electronics they find actually work, but they put those high estimates anyway.
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12-12-2012, 12:00 AM | #69 |
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Brutal. I used to go to damaged freight auctions. Scored big dozens of times. Then the damaged freight carrier opened their own retail store and they started putting reserves on crap you couldn't even test. Had to pay almost half of retail to get anything good and got burnt on a couple of electronics that were supposedly tested so I quit going.
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12-12-2012, 12:47 AM | #70 |
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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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12-12-2012, 07:42 AM | #73 |
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Never watched it.
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12-12-2012, 07:59 AM | #74 |
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What does this "salting" accomplish?
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12-12-2012, 08:05 AM | #75 |
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