From Birthday Suit to Lawsuit

Cast member of VH1's Dating Naked wants $10 million for show's failure to blur

Jessie Nizewitz was prepared to bare it all for VH1’s summer series Dating Naked. But the 28-year-old contestant from Long Island, N.Y., says she didn’t realize that her most private parts, shot from an extremely unflattering position, would become part of an episode.

So with powerful celebrity attorney Matthew Blit representing her, Nizewitz has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the show’s producers and the network’s parent company Viacom, saying she felt "beyond embarrassed" by an uncensored naked crotch shot.

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