Johnny Knoxville has made a profession out of pranking his “Jackass” co-stars and unsuspecting civilians. Nonetheless, the 51-year-old has now been sued alongside manufacturing firm Dickhouse Leisure for an allegedly “terrifying ordeal.”
In a lawsuit obtained by TMZ, handyman Khalil Khan claimed he was employed through Taskrabbit to restore an electrical dimmer swap on the actor’s house in Lengthy Seaside, California. He was advised the final man did a awful job, so he “higher do it proper or he would get crushed up,” per Yahoo.
Khan claimed the proprietor advised him, “I do know jiu-jitsu,” which allegedly made him concern for his security. Keen to finish the job and depart, Khan started working just for the lights to exit — when a 10-year-old lady appeared and accused him of killing her pony.
The proprietor returned in charge Khan for reducing off the electrical energy and claimed this led to the dying of the little lady’s pony, which seemed to be on life assist in an adjoining room. The defendant, who claimed he was in shock, then seen any person towing away his automobile.
When he tried to name the police, Khan alleged one of many “tow trucker males” rushed over with a bag of white powder — and accused him of getting cocaine in his automobile.
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“At this level, Plaintiff (Khan) was in a panic,” the lawsuit mentioned.
“Within the span of simply minutes, he had been threatened with being crushed up, advised he botched the restore job, accused of murdering a pony, had his automobile taken with out permission, and now was being advised he can be arrested for possession of illicit narcotics,” it continued.
A consultant for Knoxville didn’t instantly reply to JHB’s request for remark.
Whereas audiences would’ve anticipated his entrance at this level, Knoxville’s sudden look to tell Khan this had been an elaborate prank didn’t go properly. Supplied a “few hundred {dollars},” Khan was “not amused and stays unamused.”
The lawsuit alleges Khan is “badly shaken and traumatized by this episode” and mentioned he’s been sleepless, anxious, fearful and distressed. He sued Knoxville and Dickhouse Leisure for compensatory, particular, and punitive damages and authorized prices.
“Khan fearful that if the episode turns into public, it would topic him to embarrassment and mock and probably trigger hurt to his repute and enterprise as properly,” the lawsuit argued.