‘My 600-Lb Life’ star Gina Krasley sued show before death

A tiny above a yr before Gina Krasley died at the age of thirty, the “My 600-lb Life” star sued the manufacturing organization guiding the TLC actuality sequence, citing “emotional distress.” 

Krasley was just one amid 9 other castmates who submitted fit against Megalomedia, accusing the production company of “intentional infliction of emotional distress and carelessness,” in accordance to court docket data.

Even with the manufacturing company’s try to dismiss the scenarios, a judge ruled in May perhaps 2020 to consolidate most of all those satisfies into one guardian fit at the request of the cast customers, court docket data demonstrate. 

Krasley’s lawsuit claims the organization failed to demand a psychological evaluation, nor did it supply suitable mental health and fitness expert services through filming, in accordance to Starcasm, which was the initial to report the lawsuit.

The Submit has achieved out to TLC and Megalomedia for comment. Texas legal professional Tony Buzbee, who is symbolizing the plaintiffs, declined to comment.

The late actuality star also accused Megalomedia of failing to thoroughly teach workers for depression and the recognized chance of suicide that comes with the severe excess weight decline meal plans the topics had been pursuing.

In Krasley’s fit, she claims that the demonstrate was negligent in quite a few factors, such as intentionally triggering distress in purchase to obtain better ratings, failing to supply counseling before administering her diet program and for not delivering health and fitness-care expert services though filming.

Especially, Krasley claimed Dr. Younan Nowzaradan — the principal physician on the demonstrate who specializes in vascular and bariatric medical procedures — had put her on “an severe excess weight decline diet program,” in accordance to files acquired by The Submit.

On the other hand, Krasley went on to allege that she was then required by manufacturing “to consume extreme amounts of food on-monitor to portray her as somebody who could not adhere to the diet program.”  

“Defendants developed this narrative and then for Dr. Nowzaradan to express disappointment for failing to obtain the necessary amount of excess weight decline to be a prospect for the medical procedures,” the fit claimed.

Krasley was finally “not permitted to commence beneath Dr. Nowzaradan’s care,” the fit mentioned.

The initial lawsuit was submitted by the family members of James L.B. Bonner, who took his individual lifestyle in 2018 immediately after his overall look on the show’s sixth time.

Nicole Lewis, Maja Radanovic, Destinee Lashaee, Alicia Kirgan and Annjeanette Whaley are also amid all those suing the manufacturing organization for a number of grievances, such as fraud, carelessness and far more.

The put together guardian fit experienced a trial date established for July 20 of this yr, before it was postponed to a later date. A definitive date has not been established.

Even though Krasley’s formal lead to of death has not been discovered at this time, her obituary states that she passed away on Aug. 1 at her household in Tuckerton, NJ, “surrounded by her loving family members.” 

When achieved by The Submit for comment pertaining to Krasley’s death, reps for the show pointed to a tweet: “TLC was deeply saddened by the decline of Gina Krasley, who shared her excess weight-decline journey on ‘My 600-Lb Existence.’ Our ideas and prayers are with her family members at this challenging time.”