A Florida prison inmate claims watching Maury Povich interview his ex-wife and daughter nearly drove him to suicide — and he wants the talk show host to pay, reports Radar Online.
Alan Griffin, currently serving 30 years for sexual battery and attempted murder, filed a federal lawsuit this month asking for $100,000 each from Povich and NBC to compensate him for the “great emotional shock, grief, shame, and embarrassment” he suffered.
Griffin’s handwritten federal complaint says he was watching Povich in a Florida prison on December 11, 2010, when he realized the guests were talking about him.
“The emotional distress was so overbearing … too much for Mr. Griffin to overcome,” the filing says. “The next day Mr. Griffin had suicidal thoughts which derived from seeing his only child being exploited by the named defendants in this complaint.”
Prison doctors placed Griffin, 46, “under suicidal watch for 72 hours,” the suit continues. “Then Mr. Griffin was sent to a crisis suicide unit for 22 days for therapy and counseling.”
