omg lawsuit..

carla_Hilton · 10-05-2005, 05:29 PM

A Los Angeles lawsuit claims producers of ABC`s 'Extreme Makeover' dumped a makeover candidate at the last minute and shattered her Texas family. The 31-page lawsuit filed in Los Angeles claims 'Extreme Makeover' promised a 'Cinderella-like fix' for Deleese Williams` deformed jaw, crooked teeth, droopy eyes and small chest that would 'transform her life and destiny,' the New York Daily News reported Sunday.

Williams` pending makeover was announced on air Jan. 7, 2004. Producers then coaxed family members to say mean things about her looks on videotape, while she sat in earshot of it all, the suit alleges. 'Extreme Makeover' flew her from Texas to Los Angeles and as she sat in her hotel room reading pre-op instructions for the next morning, a producer showed up and told her she was being dropped because her recovery time would take too long, Williams` attorney, Wesley Cordova, told the Daily News.

Her sister, Kellie McGee, 'fell to pieces' over the mean things she said about her sister and killed herself four months later, Cordova said. Williams, 30, and her husband, Mike, are now raising McGee`s two children, along with their own two children. The suit seeks unspecified damages. ABC has declined to comment on the allegations, the Daily News said.

***nydoll23*** · 10-05-2005, 05:32 PM

holy shit,that is really sad!!!!!!Reality t.v. is not worth ruining someones life.i feel so bad for that family,i hope they get justice!!!!!

***xXxBeckyxXx*** · 10-05-2005, 05:33 PM

im a bit confused, if they dropped her at the last minute how come theres a pic of her makeover, or did i jus read it wrong

***Liz*** · 10-05-2005, 06:55 PM

wait, the conestant got dropped, but the sister was the one who committed suicide???

**Jen** · 10-05-2005, 07:03 PM

Please explain, because if that second picture is of her, then she is gorgeous now, so they must have did her makeover.

SmartStyle437 · 10-05-2005, 07:03 PM

Maybe because the recovery time was so long for her that they couldn't do it for T.V. but they sure look like they did a number on her. she looks great. and she didn't look bad to start off with....

***NYAngel98*** · 10-05-2005, 07:30 PM

Yeah - all she needed was a little makeup... Heck, the MuT gals could've given her that advice!

I don't get the pictures or the whole suicide thing either...

***Marisol*** · 10-05-2005, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liz

wait, the conestant got dropped, but the sister was the one who committed suicide???

Its all sort of fishy. I feel sorry for her family but why try to place the blame on the show.

***Liz*** · 10-05-2005, 11:57 PM

yeah, i just don't get how it would lead to sucide for the person who wasn't even in the show.

***Laura*** · 10-06-2005, 02:38 AM

That's so sad.. but i'm lost in regards to the picture thing too!

jasminonline · 10-06-2005, 11:46 AM

Ok I am so happy not to be the only one confused here...I mean did the "not made-over sister" like hate the other sister which then in turn made her depressed enough to kill herself????

Ookkkkk I dont even think I made sense ?!?!?!

***cottoncandy*** · 11-08-2005, 09:03 AM

why on earth would someone kill themselves just cause someone said mean things, not even about them but their sister?

makes no sense. if everyone thought like that, mankind would be extinct.

***greeneyedangel*** · 11-25-2005, 07:48 PM

Thats a sad story but I dont think its the show's fault. I don't think the show will be at fault in a court of law.

I think the picture might be an example of what they do on the show. I dont think its a picture of the girl in this story.

tann · 01-17-2006, 06:30 PM

how do you script for reality tv, like surreal life? this is sad, but her sister who talked smack killed herself, instead of the ugly sis? she cared about her sis more than her kids that would be parentless? she would rather create more probs for sad, ugly sis by killing herself, and dumping the kids on poor, sad, sis? somethings wrong with that pic. i think her sis already had probs.