Yet another To Catch a Predator acquittal leading to another civil suit

I'm wondering just how many of PJ's so-called "convictions," almost all of them from the TCAP show, would be convictions had they been challenged in court. i swiped this from the Corrupted-Justice forums.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/10/27/40991.htm

NBC Isn't Off the Hook for Trap on 'Predator'

By WILLIAM DOTINGA 

     (CN) - A man targeted in an episode of NBC's "To Catch a Predator" can proceed with a lawsuit against the network, a federal judge ruled.
     Anurag Tiwari was busted by the show in 2006 after coming to a home with the intention of meeting a 13-year-old girl he met on the Internet. The "girl" was actually an adult decoy used by the show to lure child predators in and around the town of Petaluma, Calif., north of San Francisco.
     Tiwari filed suit against NBC Universal, claiming the network violated his Fourth Amendment rights through actions amounting "to a seizure that intruded on his privacy rights and the seizure was unreasonable because it was conducted 'in a manner to cause humiliation to [Mr Tiwari] with no legitimate law enforcement purpose or objective.'"
     NBC sought relief under the First Amendment, claiming that the show's production and broadcast are intertwined and therefore protected.
     U.S. District Judge Edward Chen disagreed Tuesday, finding that the network has no basis to dismiss since Tiwari's allegations stem from NBC's conduct not its broadcast, which is protected speech.
     The 22 page order also allows Tiwari to claim that NBC violated his right to due process by airing the program before he'd been tried or convicted of a crime. The First Amendment does not "automatically [insulate NBC] from liability," Chen wrote. "At this juncture of the proceedings, the court cannot say that, as a matter of law, the balance in this case weighs in favor of NBC."
     NBC did succeed in striking the defamation portion of Tiwari's complaint because of statute of limitations, but Chen said Tiwari could proceed with his claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress.
     Tiwari was charged with two felony counts stemming from his appearance on "To Catch a Predator," both of which were dismissed. He was eventually charged by the Sonoma County district attorney with two other misdemeanors. He was acquitted of one, and the other was reduced to an infraction when he pleaded no contest in a plea deal in 2010.

Chris Hansen busted TWICE!

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Chris Hansen busted TWICE!

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/08/catch-a-predator-chris-hanson-caught-cheating-again-national-enquirer

To Catch A Cheater! Chris Hansen Busted For Second Affair

Created 08/04/2011 - 8:00am

By Radar Staff

For a guy that made a living catching people out misbehaving on camera you'd think he might of been a little more discreet when it came to his own life.

But, RadarOnline.com can reveal that To Catch A Predator host, Chris Hansen, has been caught cheating on his long suffering wife a SECOND time.

The National Enquirer are reporting that the 51-year-old married father of two embarked on a steamy six month affair with Kathleen Collins, a stripper that he met in Las Vegas in early 2011.

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According to the Enquirer the petite blonde fell hard for Hansen and was "floored" when she discovered that he had also been carrying on an extramarital fling with another woman, Kristyn Caddell, a 30-year-old TV news reporter for WPTV 5 in West Palm Beach, Fl.

Collins learned of Hansen's other mistress when she saw photos of the two of them together in the Enquirer, who broke the story - and a close friend claims: "I know this sounds crazy, but Kathleen really thought she was the only one."

Chris Hansen, why don't you have a seat over there?

There have been a lot of ironic reports lately, but this one takes the cake. Chris Hansen of "To Catch a Predator" fame was the target of a hidden camera investigation, where he was caught cheating on his wife with a woman 20 years younger than him. I wonder if he offered her milk and cookies first LOL. (PS: Yes I made on small edit to this report, but the media needs to call PJ what it truly is, a cyber-terrorist group, NOT a watchdog group)


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2009511/To-Catch-Predators-Chris-Hansen-caught-cheating-wife.html

He's made his name with a controversial show that catches would-be internet sex perverts in televised stings.

But now Chris Hansen has found himself on the receiving end of his own hidden camera tactics, after the married NBC anchor was secretly filmed on an illicit date with a blonde television reporter 20 years his junior.

Hansen, 51, has allegedly been having an affair with Kristyn Caddell, a 30-year-old Florida journalist, for the last four months.

Last weekend he was recorded taking Miss Caddell on a romantic dinner at the exclusive Ritz-Carlton hotel in Manalapan, before spending the night at her Palm Beach apartment.

Hansen, who has two young sons, was caught in an undercover sting operation arranged by the National Enquirer.

Secret cameras filmed the couple as they arrived at the hotel for dinner and then drove back to her apartment - where the pair left, carrying luggage, at 8am the following day.

Hansen lives in Connecticut with his wife Mary, 53, but he has been spending more and more time in South Florida investigating the disappearance of James 'Jimmy T' Trindade - and allegedly sleeping with Miss Caddell.

A source told the newspaper the pair met in March, when they were both out with friends at the Blue Martini Lounge in Palm Beach.

Miss Caddell, who was once an intern with NBC in New York, introduced herself to Hansen in the VIP area, and 'there was an immediate physical attraction between them', according to the source.

The source alleged: 'Chris and Kristyn got on so well that she ended up going back to his room at The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach - and later boasted to pals about staying the night with him.'

The couple have allegedly continued to meet up in Miami and Palm Beach over the last few months, with Miss Caddell and her friends even flying to New York to spend a weekend boating with Hansen, the Enquirer reports.

According to the source: 'Chris sends Kristyn flowers and tells her he loves her, but he still doesn't seem all that motivated to leave his wife for her.

'He's telling her he loves his wife too, but they've grown apart over the years, and she's not sure what he should do.'

Hansen has worked for NBC for two decades, but became famous with his controversial Dateline series To Catch a Predator.

The show's producers work with CYBER-TERRORIST GROUP Perverted-Justice, whose volunteers pose as underage girls offering sex on the internet.

But when they arrive to meet the girls, they find themselves confronted by Hansen, his film crew and sometimes the police.

The Enquirer's sting took place last weekend, and recorded the pair as they went for dinner at the Ritz-Carlton's Angle restaurant on Friday at about 7pm.

Miss Caddell was dressed up in high heels and a short, revealing dress, and according to the source they spent much of the evening staring into each other's eyes.

They left at 9.15pm, and went for a drive along the ocean front, before being filmed filling up Miss Caddell's Jeep at a nearby gas station.

Then they drove to a liquor store, and Hansen emerged clutching a bag full of bottles. The couple returned to Miss Caddell's apartment at 10pm. At 8am on Saturday, they, with Hansen pulling luggage behind him, and she drove him  to the airport. A source told the Enquirer: 'They were both wearing different clothes from the night before... Kristyn's hair was dishevelled as if she'd just rolled out of bed.'

Chris Hansen target of sex crime internet hoax

Someone decided to target Chris Hansen, and considering how often those who use sex offender issues to advance their careers, it sounded legit at first. Too bad it was an elaborate hoax by an infamous online organization. It is ironic a man who promoted a internet group notorious for false allegations gets falsely pegged by another internet group?

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/09/how_did_4chan_a.php

The Internet

How Did 4Chan and Gawker Get Chris Hansen "Arrested" for Child Molestation?

By Foster Kamer, Fri., Sep. 3 2010 @ 2:00PM

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Categories: 4Chan, Crime, Cybercrime, Featured, Foster Kamer, Gawker, NBC, Pranks, The Internet

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Chris Hansen -- the host of NBC's infamous child sex scandal exploitation show To Catch A Predator -- was not arrested for child molestation. Yet "chris hansen arrested for child molestation" is a "volcanic"-level trending Google search, currently ranked in the top spot. How did this happen and what does 4Chan's kind deed from yesterday have to do with it?
First, it's worth knowing that To Catch A Predator has long been a subject of heavy media scrutiny and external police investigations centering around the people baiting the "predator" into being arrested. Most of this reporting on the show was fired off by a started with a September 2007 Esquire profile of a suicide that resulted from the show by Luke Dittrich. The lawsuit against NBC regarding the man the Esquire profile centered around, Bill Conradt, who killed himself after he was featured on the show, was for $105M and was settled by NBC in 2008. The major grievance against the show centers around the idea that NBC is encouraging men to pose as men trying to have sex with minors, thus resulting in a roundabout entrapment. Hansen, who is the host of the show, has also been reported on throughout these investigations.
So of course, it would be nothing short of incredibly shocking if Chris Hansen were to ever be arrested for the kind of crime these vigilantes go after on the show. Which is why, if you were to see on Google that the top search for right now is "chris hansen arrested for child molestation," you'd be pretty shocked. Well, he hasn't been, and its been confirmed by multiple news outlets.
Supposedly, this search originated from the arrest of this guy, James William Hansen, who was, in fact, arrested in Cedar Rapids, Iowa last night for "inappropriate sexual contact" with minors. Reportedly, Hansen's Wikipedia was changed by a prankster to reflect that he, too, had been arrested. Thus, the Google Trending and viral nature of the meme.
So what does mischievous, anonymous message board 4Chan have to do with this? Take a look:

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The only related search to "chris hansen arrested for child molestation" is "William J. Lashua," which is the name of the 90 year-old war veteran that 4Chan decided to bomb with positive, happy birthday mail yesterday in a separate viral meme that yielded us wondering whether or not 4Chan was becoming "nice" yesterday after showing their "sweeter" side. We weren't the only ones, because Adrian Chen at Gawker -- whose writings about the viciousness of 4Chan's notorious "/b" board caused 4Chan members to declare war on Gawker and Chen (thereafter bombarding Chen with hate mail and at one point, actually bringing the massive gossip news site down) -- wrote about 4Chan yet again last night, about the same "William J. Lashua" meme we covered yesterday afternoon. Chen's headline?
Is 4chan Turning Into Internet Good Guys?
Looks like they decided to show everyone otherwise, just in case we were wondering.
[fkamer@villagevoice.com]