Motel pays $85k to parent after offering free porn

Really, what kind of motel offers free porn? Isn't that how they make their money? Like they couldn't have seen this coming.

http://www.knbc.com/news/14332220/detail.html (via The Obscure Store)

A Tennessee woman who sued an Artesia motel was awarded $85,000 Friday because her two preteen daughters were exposed to unsolicited pornography on TV.

Edwina McCombs of Nashville, who is divorced, and her daughters, who were about about 7 and 8 years old at the time, were in Southern California in August 2006 to visit relatives and see local attractions, according to one of her lawyers, Eliot F. Krieger.

On Aug. 6, 2006, they checked into the Value Lodge at 11854 Artesia Blvd. She went to take a bath while the girls turned on the television to watch a children's show, according to her lawsuit.

Instead, the sisters saw hard-core pornography with close-up images of people engaged in sex acts, the suit stated.

McCombs unplugged the television, and she and the girls checked out the next morning.

McCombs and her daughters testified during the trial. Also taking the stand in her behalf was a hotel management expert who said the standard in the profession for offering adult films is to require guests to contact the front desk or use a credit card.

Also testifying was an investigator who said the Value Lodge does not block its pornography channels, post warnings to parents, provide a list of channels to its guests or implement any restrictions to prevent children from seeing it.

 

Guess I didn't turn the TV off when I checked-out.

 

About 7 and 8 is not pre-teen.

 

I hope Value Lodge sues them for their 14 bucks back.

 

According to this article (http://www.salem-news.com/articles/october042007/motel_porn_10407.php) they're 8 and 9 ???

 

Which means they were 7 and 8, or close to it, at the time of the incident.

 

She's divorced, has two young kids, and ONE of her attorneys was quoted?

How many fucking attorneys does she have?

And how the hell can a Tennessee divorcee with two young kids afford to hit the attractions in SoCal? I'm married and can't afford to go to the fucking county fair!

Must be nice.

 

Ambulance-chasing lawyers were looking for press, I guess.

 

Well, he's kind of had it in for me ever since I accidentally ran over his dog. Actually, replace "accidentally" with "repeatedly," and replace "dog" with "son."

 

Anyone else do a double take on the title of this thread?

My first read was, "Montel pays $85k to parent after offering free porn"

Wow, I need to go get my eyes checked.