“ Woman withdraws suit over breast flash”
A Knoxville woman who took her convictions to court is withdrawing a proposed class-action lawsuit over singer Janet Jackson’s breast-baring performance at this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
Terri Carlin is dismissing the lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court against Jackson, Justin Timberlake, MTV, CBS and Viacom. The lawsuit stemmed from the now-infamous exposure of one of Jackson’s breasts when Timberlake ripped off part of her costume during their duet at the Houston event.
According to the notice of dismissal filed in federal court, Carlin wants to wait to see if “remedial measures recently announced by the corporate defendants, the potential (Federal Communications Commission) sanctions and perhaps the passage of stronger enforcement provisions will prevent further similar conduct.”
What about “the outrage, anger, embarrassment and serious injury”? What of the damage to the “standing and credibility” of the United States? Americans have been hurt. We can’t let big media get away with this.