Duane Chapman has a lawsuit on his hands, and it illustrates one of the pitfalls of the increasingly popular reality TV genre. Chapman is better known as "Dog the Bounty Hunter," whose show on the Arts & entertainment cable network is seen by more than 2 million viewers. He is being sued by a Daly City nightclub promoter, Simaile "Cisco" Lutu. Here's the San Francisco Chronicle story.
Chapman and his Hawaii-based posse -- his wife and his two sons -- nabbed Lutu recently in a Daly City park. They were looking for a Hawaiian drug dealer. Unfortunately, Lutu isn't their man. He's suing Chapman and his family, and everyone else involved in the episode.
Chapman, who once served two years in a Texas penitentiary for being an accessory to murder, walks a fine line in the TV show, and sometimes blurs that line. But that's a signal characteristic of reality TV: When the reality doesn't offer compelling drama, invent a new reality.
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