DRAUGHN v. ROKER

Index No. 152934/18. Appeal No. 13641. Case No. 2020-02336.

193 A.D.3d 565 (2021)

148 N.Y.S.3d 54

2021 NY Slip Op 02449

Everette Draughn, Appellant, v. Al Roker et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided April 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph & Smargiassi, LLC, New York ( John Smargiassi and Ferdinand F. Valteau III of the bar of the State of Louisiana, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for appellant.

Law Offices of Cameron Stracher, New York ( Cameron Stracher of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Mazzarelli, Mendez, Shulman, JJ.


This case arises out of the television producers defendants' broadcast of an episode of the reality series Big Easy Justice, a program that followed defendant Thacker, a bail enforcement agent, and his associates as they apprehended fugitives from justice. Plaintiff alleges that he suffered damages arising from defendants' inclusion of footage of his apprehension by Thacker in one of their broadcast episodes. Plaintiff admits that he signed a release allowing the use of the...

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