Re: [scifinoir2] OT(sorta): A&E's Bounty Hunter Show suspended

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

black and Latino.

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> what's the lady's racial background?
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> From: "James Landrith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> I was interviewed yesterday by National Enquirer reporter Darryl Wrobel for
> the print version of the story.
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> He played two tapes for me that appeared to have been made on different
> occasions.
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> The short of it: Chapman ordered his son to break it off with his
> girlfriend for fear she would hear him or other family members uttering
> racial slurs in casual conversation. He dangles loss of the son’s job in
> the family business, his home and future as consequences for continuing the
> relationship. Chapman claims his use of such slurs are not meant to be
> hurtful or racist and deployed the old “we just talk like that” defense.
> Later he uses the same terminology to describe his son’s girlfriend.
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> I wanted to vomit afterward.
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> Nasty shit. Kudos to A&E for moving quickly.
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> James Landrith
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> From: Daryle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:46 PM
> To: SciFi Noir
> Subject: [scifinoir2] OT(sorta): A&E's Bounty Hunter Show suspended
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> [ source: 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/business/media/01dog.html?ex=1351569600
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/business/media/01dog.html?ex=1351569600&e
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> =8362eec01f3228c8&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss ]
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> The cable channel A&E has suspended production on the popular show ³Dog the
> Bounty Hunter² after the show¹s star, Duane Dog Chapman, was said to have
> been overheard expressing racist insults in two recorded phone calls.
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> The National Enquirer, a tabloid newspaper, published on its Web site
> yesterday afternoon an audio tape in which it said Mr. Chapman could be
> heard ³directing his racist hatred at his son Tucker¹s girlfriend.²
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> A&E responded swiftly, saying in a statement last night that it ³has just
> learned of the story released by The National Enquirer concerning Duane Dog
> Chapman.²
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> ³We take this matter very seriously,² the channel said. ³Pending an
> investigation, we have suspended production on the series. When the inquiry
> is concluded, we will take appropriate action.²
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> Mr. Chapman is well known as a bounty hunter and bail bondsman. His A&E
> reality show records his captures and occasional run-ins with the law. He
> was arrested last year on charges stemming from a capture three years ago in
> Mexico, but he fled to the United States. A Mexican court dismissed the
> charge in August.
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