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2006-06-01 Home Front: Culture Wars

A veteran who lost both arms in the war in Iraq is suing filmmaker Michael Moore for $85 million, alleging that Moore used snippets of a television interview without his permission to falsely portray him as anti-war in "Fahrenheit 9/11." Sgt. Peter Damon, a National Guardsman from Middleborough, is asking for damages because of "loss of reputation, emotional distress, embarrassment, and personal humiliation," according to the lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court last week.

Damon, 33, claims that Moore never asked for his consent to use a clip from an interview Damon did with NBC's "Nightly News." He lost his arms when a tire on a Black Hawk helicopter exploded while he and another reservist were servicing the aircraft on the ground. Another reservist was killed in the explosion.

In his interview with NBC, Damon was asked about a new painkiller the military was using on wounded veterans. He claims in his lawsuit that the way Moore used the film clip in "Fahrenheit 9/11" Moore's scathing 2004 documentary criticizing the Bush administration and the war in Iraq makes him appear to "voice a complaint about the war effort" when he was actually complaining about "the excruciating type of pain" that comes with the injury he suffered.

Posted by Fred 2006-06-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11142 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Haaaa, ha!!!

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-06-01 08:22|| 2006-06-01 08:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Let's hope he wins a very, very big settlement for additional pain and suffering. Wouldn't if be fun if he called in NBC as a witness to the actual interview, and forced showing of the entire thing side by side with Mr. Moore's version, pointing out exactly how the twisted effect was achieved.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-06-01 08:38|| 2006-06-01 08:38|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm gonna sue that fat muthaf*cka to. I'll sue for physical torment - everytime I look at him I want to puke.

Posted by Broadhead6 2006-06-01 13:08|| 2006-06-01 13:08|| Front Page Top

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