Steve-O and Chris Pontius Sued Days Before Jackass Forever Releases
More problems have arrived for the Fooled forever team. Just before the new movie hits theaters, franchise stars Steve-O and Chris Pontius were the subject of a lawsuit over an apparent jet ski stunt gone wrong. Through TMZthe complaint was filed by Michael Vicens-Segura, a man who says he was approached by the wild boys stars in 2018 for a stunt involving jet skis they were filming in Puerto Rico.
According to the lawsuit, the planned stunt would have been essentially a jet ski version of the “BMX to the rope” stunt featured in the original Jackass movie. The idea is that two people face opposite directions on their own jet skis in the water, each of them attached to each other with a bungee cord. The two riders would then accelerate to see which of the two would be ripped from their respective jet ski first.
Through his attorney, John Phillips, Vicens-Segura alleges he was asked to hold one of the two jet skis steady in the water because of the waves, a request he says he granted. When Steve-O and Pontius sped up, Steve-O’s bungee cord reportedly snapped and hit Vicens-Segura hard in the head, resulting in serious injury. The man says he was airlifted to a hospital for emergency surgery and placed in a medically induced coma to be treated for a fractured skull and brain haemorrhage.
Vicens-Segura also claims to have undergone several other medical procedures, with the injuries significantly affecting his daily life. In addition to the scars, he says his continued struggles have caused him to lose his ability to work, as he continues to struggle to think straight. Vicens-Segura also says he continues to feel pain, suffering and agony from the incident, now more than three years later. He is seeking damages from Steve-O, Pontius and others involved in the incident for over $12 million.
The Jackass Forever team is already facing another lawsuit
Meanwhile, the lawsuit against the Fooled forever The team filed by their former colleague Bam Margera is also advancing. At some point early in production, Margera was on board to return in the new Donkey film and even appears briefly in the final product. However, he was fired for his alleged breach of the terms of a “welfare agreement”. Margera then sued, claiming his ideas were stolen and he was exploited while in a vulnerable state due to his mental health issues.
“While Margera gave Donkey– literally – more than two decades of his blood, sweat and tears, the defendants did not repay him in kind, “said attorney Eric M. George during the filing of the lawsuit. “Rather, Margera , who has a documented history of mental health issues, including diagnosed bipolar disorder, faced unconscionable discrimination from the defendants. »
On top of everything else, PETA also called on moviegoers to “stay away” from Fooled forever as it features stunts involving live animals. Ultimately, however, the controversy is certainly nothing new for Donkey. Fooled forever will be released in theaters on February 4, 2022.
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