Lawyer: Chapman's son sold N-word tape

by mpress | October 31, 2007 at 06:14 pm
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Guess everyone is making money. looks like the word ni**er is the new money maker

HONOLULU - Television bounty hunter Duane Dog Chapman's son taped
a private phone conversation in which the reality star used a racial
slur repeatedly, then sold it to a tabloid for �a lot of money,
Chapman's lawyer said Thursday.

I guess because of whatever level of anger he had of his father, he
felt the need to express it in that manner,� attorney Brook Hart told
The Associated Press.

Tucker Chapman could not be reached for comment; no one answered the telephone at a Honolulu number listed under his name.

The National Enquirer on Wednesday posted on its Web site a clip of
a conversation in which Duane Chapman, star of the hit A&E series Dog the Bounty Hunter, repeatedly used the N-word in reference to
Tucker's girlfriend.

Chapman later apologized to his son and the woman, then learned about how the tape got into the tabloid's hands, Hart said.

A&E has suspended production of the series, saying the network takes the matter seriously.

When the inquiry is concluded, we will take appropriate action, A&E spokesman Michael Feeney said in a statement Thursday.

The show, in its fifth season and one of A&E's top-rated programs, has not been canceled.

 

The expected Al Sharton move has been made. Now it is all
about numbers, how much will it cost Dog for him to be forgiven for his
racist rant. We think a cool $500,000 will do...
[q
url="http://www.tmz.com/2007/11/01/rev-al-to-dog-chapman-march-with-me/"]TMZ
has obtained a letter that Reverend Al Sharpton has sent to Duane "Dog"
Chapman, after Dog contacted him yesterday. Here's the full text:

Dear Mr. Chapman:

I received your call while on the road promoting a March I am
leading on the United States Justice Department on November 16th in
Washington, DC, against hate crimes and racial attacks around the
country. The revelation of your conversation came at a time that is
most frightening to a lot of people because we are in a state of crisis
with the proliferation of racial attacks, hate crimes, and bias
incidents in the United States and abroad. In fact, Abraham H. Foxman,
the Executive Director of the Anti-Defamation League and I released an
unprecedented joint statement today because of this climate. Even more
concerning to me though is that the Justice Department and the federal
government have failed to intervene in cases all over the country of
racial bigotry and hate which is the reason we are having our march on
Nov. 16th in front of the Justice Department.

As a minister I would be inclined to meet with you despite the
racist and grotesque things I heard you say, but I am not willing to
rearrange my schedule around the country building up for this march to
do so. If you wish to meet with me somewhere on the road that is fine,
but be assured that I will not sanitize the kind of hate language that
leads to the hate action that has left so many people vulnerable in
America today. The company that airs the show has the right to take
steps by any means when there is a public display of a character of
bigotry. We did not call on your company's action but we will not call
against your company's action, because what was said in private is now
public, and they have a right to deal with their public perception.

If you are sincere that this does not reflect you, you should not
only meet with us, but you should march with us on November 16th and
call on the government of the United States to protect people, that
unlike you don't have publicist, don't have lawyers, and don't have any
protection. They used to have the protection of the United States
government.

In Progress,

Reverend Al Sharpton

President of National Action Network[/q]

Dog our advise is to call Al Sharpton cry a little, donate some money to the Al Sharpton  foundation and all will be forgiven. If not your toast..�

A&E issued the following statement to TMZ: has just learned of the story released by the National Enquirer concerning Duane Dog Chapman. We take this matter very seriously. Pending an investigation, we have suspended production on the series. When the inquiry is concluded we will take appropriate action.�

Listen to rant.

 

The Enquirer says they have two tapes of the Dog hurling insults at his son, Tucker, during an undated telephone conversation. It appears as if the Dog is concerned that Tuckers girlfriend, Monique Shinnery, who is black, will set him up because of the language the Dog uses. In the nearly eight minute long tape posted on the Enquirers website, Dog says the N word numerous times and demands that Tucker break up with Monique or he'll be fired from the family bail bond business.

Source TMZ

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Brian A Kennedy
Brian A Kennedy
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at 03:43 on November 1st, 2007

Good stuff, mpress.

Kaitlin
Kaitlin
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at 09:13 on November 1st, 2007

mpress, thanks for this. I can't believe he did this!

I love the concept of "If we talk about how we don't mean this word in a derogatory way, the word is no longer derogatory." Not too smart.

Good stuff! 

 

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