Well, this didn’t take long. According to a report, a survivor of last week’s Aurora, Colorado theater shooting is suing anyone who might have a few bucks and is tangentially connected to the events that took place.
According to his publicist, Cassandra Williams of Wet PR, the plaintiff, Torrence Brown Jr. and his family are “…going to make sure whoever is accountable is going to take responsibility for this tragedy”.
Who is accountable, according to his attorney? Apparently, everyone:
Brown’s attorney Don Karpel told TMZ he plans to sue the Century 16 theater, which is owned by Cinemark, for having an exit door that was not equipped with an alarm or guarded. (Holmes reportedly left the theater through the exit door, propped it open and returned with his weapons.) Karpel also said he may sue Warner Bros for releasing violent movies that may have inspired the shooter, as well as the suspect’s doctors, if he had any, for hypothetically not monitoring James Holmes’ mental condition properly.
What’s telling is that Brown wasn’t one of the shooting victims. His friend, AJ Boik, was. That is awful, and I feel for Mr. Brown, and I have no doubt that it’s a terrifying and life-altering experience, even if he wasn’t physically injured in the attack.
However, this is not, in any way, the method anyone who’s not a bold-faced opportunist would use to deal with the grief and anger that comes with being a part of an event such as this. Really, a publicist? A lawsuit? I’m surprised this didn’t have Orly Taitz’s fingerprints all over it. But, yeah, good luck suing the company that made the movie you’d paid money to go see.
