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- Jaline0
I never watched "The Jenny Jones Show" (i don't watch many talk shows, believe it or not), but this is one of the most controversial things that occurred on it:
"On March 6, 1995, Jenny Jones taped a episode called "Same Sex Secret Crushes," where it was on that program that Scott Amedure, a gay man, confessed to his best friend Jonathan Schmitz, that he had a crush on him. The response from Schmitz was mostly humorous as he laughed about that revelation in front of the audience. However 3 days after the shows' taping Schmitz, upset over that incident, killed Amedure. The producers decided not to air the show after the murder made headlines. However, the episode did air on Court TV when the network was covering the trial. Clips of the episode were also featured in the HBO documentary, Talked to Death.
That incident, and the revelation that Schmitz had a history of mental illness and alcohol/drug abuse would come out in a trial, where Schmitz would be convicted of second degree murder. He is currently serving a 25-50 year prison term.
Jones and the producers would later be sued by Amedure's family for neglecting to finding out Schmitz's history of mental illness and substance abuse. Jones testified under oath that the producers told Schmitz that his admirer could be a man, but Schmitz thought that the admirer was a woman. Jones also admitted that the show didn't want Schmitz to know the outcome of his secret crush. Amedure's family would win the ruling and the show was ordered to pay $25 million, but that decision would later be overturned by the Michigan appellate court because the producers were not responsible for what happened to the guests after their appearance on the show. The Michigan Supreme Court would not hear the case and it is believed to be due to bias."
They stopped making episodes like that after, but I know other shows do this. And that's why I think "Moment of Truth" will end up in some horrible murder...
- How the fucking bloody hell do you even find stuff like this out, hahahah?********
- I heard about it in a podcast. It's crazy!Jaline
- i actually remember this happeningbarbtastic
- How the fucking bloody hell do you even find stuff like this out, hahahah?