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03-13-2001, 12:42 AM
Mar 12, 2001 - 01:33 PM
Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Claiming Movie Caused Shooting
The Associated Press
AMITE, La. (AP) - A judge Monday threw out a lawsuit against director Oliver Stone that claimed his movie "Natural Born Killers" led to a young couple's bloody crime spree.
State Judge Bob Morrison dismissed the case on First Amendment grounds.
The lawsuit was brought against the makers of the movie, including Time Warner Entertainment, by the family of a Louisiana store clerk who was shot and paralyzed in a rampage by Sarah Edmonson and her boyfriend Ben Darras.
Edmonson, who was captured in a surveillance video firing a bullet into the clerk's(neck, and Darras told authorities they were inspired by "Natural Born Killers," about a crime spree by a young couple. Edmonson and Darras' spree also included the killing of a Mississippi man.
The clerk, Patsy Byers, died of cancer two years after the attack.
The makers of the movie "knew it was violent and directed at young people," said the family's attorney, Joe Simpson.
He said he may appeal.
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAKB3GJ8KC.html
Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Claiming Movie Caused Shooting
The Associated Press
AMITE, La. (AP) - A judge Monday threw out a lawsuit against director Oliver Stone that claimed his movie "Natural Born Killers" led to a young couple's bloody crime spree.
State Judge Bob Morrison dismissed the case on First Amendment grounds.
The lawsuit was brought against the makers of the movie, including Time Warner Entertainment, by the family of a Louisiana store clerk who was shot and paralyzed in a rampage by Sarah Edmonson and her boyfriend Ben Darras.
Edmonson, who was captured in a surveillance video firing a bullet into the clerk's(neck, and Darras told authorities they were inspired by "Natural Born Killers," about a crime spree by a young couple. Edmonson and Darras' spree also included the killing of a Mississippi man.
The clerk, Patsy Byers, died of cancer two years after the attack.
The makers of the movie "knew it was violent and directed at young people," said the family's attorney, Joe Simpson.
He said he may appeal.
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAKB3GJ8KC.html