Nancy Grace settles lawsuit over woman's suicide
By TAMARA LUSH
The Associated Press
updated 11/8/2010 6:40:09 PM ET 2010-11-08T23:40:09
Share Print Font: +-ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The parents and estate of a young woman who shot herself after she faced harsh questioning from talk-show host Nancy Grace have dismissed a lawsuit against CNN and the host.
According to court records, the settlement calls for Grace to establish a $200,000 trust dedicated to finding Melinda Duckett's missing son, Trenton, who was 2 when he disappeared.
The lawsuit accused Grace, whose show airs on CNN's sister network HLN, of inflicting emotional distress on the 21-year-old mother with her questions about the missing boy. Grace accused the woman of hiding something because Duckett did not take a lie-detector test and answered vaguely about her whereabouts when the boy disappeared from her apartment.
Police later named Duckett the prime suspect in the boy's disappearance.
Duckett shot herself the day the taped interview was scheduled to broadcast - Sept. 8, 2006. Duckett had reported the boy missing less than two weeks earlier.
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I'm a bit disappointed. On the one hand, I can understand why both parties would have wanted to settle, but on the other, I wanted to see Nancy get taken to the cleaners over this. I still believe her actions in how she interviewed the woman and (I believe) drove her to suicide is the reason Trenton is still missing.
The Associated Press
updated 11/8/2010 6:40:09 PM ET 2010-11-08T23:40:09
Share Print Font: +-ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The parents and estate of a young woman who shot herself after she faced harsh questioning from talk-show host Nancy Grace have dismissed a lawsuit against CNN and the host.
According to court records, the settlement calls for Grace to establish a $200,000 trust dedicated to finding Melinda Duckett's missing son, Trenton, who was 2 when he disappeared.
The lawsuit accused Grace, whose show airs on CNN's sister network HLN, of inflicting emotional distress on the 21-year-old mother with her questions about the missing boy. Grace accused the woman of hiding something because Duckett did not take a lie-detector test and answered vaguely about her whereabouts when the boy disappeared from her apartment.
Police later named Duckett the prime suspect in the boy's disappearance.
Duckett shot herself the day the taped interview was scheduled to broadcast - Sept. 8, 2006. Duckett had reported the boy missing less than two weeks earlier.
Rest of story here
I'm a bit disappointed. On the one hand, I can understand why both parties would have wanted to settle, but on the other, I wanted to see Nancy get taken to the cleaners over this. I still believe her actions in how she interviewed the woman and (I believe) drove her to suicide is the reason Trenton is still missing.