Actor Files Lawsuit Against Oscars For False Imprisonment in Academy 'Detention Center'

By PopEater Staff Posted Apr 23rd 2010 07:30AM

Hollywood newcomer Michael Avmen thought attending the Academy Awards would be the highlight of his burgeoning career. Instead, the actor claims that he and his wife were "tentatively confirmed" guests, but were "held against their will" for six hours in the Academy's "detention center," interrogated about how they were able to get onto the red carpet without tickets and accused of lying and trespassing. FOXNews reports that Avmen has now filed a $50 million lawsuit against The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for illegal false imprisonment and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

Avmen has small roles in three upcoming films this year -- 'Broken Blade,' 'Battle: Los Angeles' and 'Straw Dogs,' starring Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard.

According to a suit filed in Central District Superior Court in California, Avmen was told he'd been offered a tentative invitation to the event, but despite several attempts by Avmen and his publicist, they were unable to locate the tickets. It's not unusual for the Academy to hold tickets inside the venue; actors such as Robert Downey Jr. also received their tickets on the day of the event. Avmen claims he was led to believe his tickets were waiting for him there.

On the afternoon of March 7, Avmen and his wife dressed up for the Oscars and an usher for the event took them from their hotel to a "resolution desk," where Avmen met an Academy employee with whom he'd been in contact.

After six hours of interrogation, Avmen says uniformed Los Angeles police officers arrived and took them to the station, but no charges were filed. Avmen claims that the officer apologized profusely for how they were treated by Academy officials.

Avmen's lawsuit states that he and his wife were "injured in health, strength and activity" and "sustained injury to his and her body and shock and injury to their nervous system" and have since suffered "humiliation, mental anguish and emotional and physical distress."

"If I or some 'REGULAR' individual acted as the Academy did, we would be in prison right now. I will show that these people aren't above the law," Avmen said in a statement. "Security is one thing, but this was outside the realm of excessive. My wife and I have suffered, and there has been a great injustice enforced."

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Saturday 24 April

By ccolotexan

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We need no spelling cops, get it none!!!!!!!

I hope he gets the 50 million.

By Mary Beth

The amount being asked for is a bit excessive, however they are right to prosecute. They were escorted by an employee to an employee of the Oscars, so what was the problem? Then being detained for 6 hours before being turned over to the police!! The Academy needs to get over themselves and someone's butt should be in jail for false imprisonment and kidnapping.

By pdq

N2 and Oscar: . IF ANYONE TREATED MY WIFE AND I LIKE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.

Oscar tried to correct N2, but "my wife and I" is correct. Breaking it down, Oscar, would you say "me like that they...?"
No, of course not; you would say "I like that they..."

By mike

W.T.F WHO CARES?

By Parissa

I think being detained six hours for 'possibly' attending the Oscar's under false pretenses (which they did NOT ~ even their publicist and another Oscar employee were aware of possible tickets waiting for them!!!) ~ being removed from the general crowd, being treated and made to feel as though you were a criminal, enduring the worry and stress of such treatment definitely WARRANTS a lawsuit! I hope they win ... and BIG!

By Don

You have pointed out N2's errors. Good for you. I hope he feels badly now. As for you, you should feel goodly now.

By JUDY

EXCUSE ME I STILL AFTER 11 YEARS OR ABOUT THAT WANT TO KNOW WHO WROTE THE RULE.....NO CAPS ? THAT'S ABOUT AS STUPID AS "IF YOU LOOK UNDER 45 YEARS OLD WE WILL CARD YOU IF YOU TRY TO BUY CIGARETTES". IF ALL YOU HAVE TIME TO DO IS POLICE OTHER PEOPLE ON INTERNET THEN YOU NEED TO GET A JOB OR START YOUR ON INYTERNET POLICE AND GIVE TIME OUTS TO WE WHO DO USE CAPITALS.

By mama1

Oscar, you are dead wrong on your #3
It is "My wife and I", not "My wife and me"
I was an English major and everyone knows if
you drop the "my wife" out of the sentence, it
is gramatically correct to say "I have suffered",
not "me have suffered"!

By barb parker

and we are supposed to feel sorry for this nobody??

Damn all you high and mighty people for correcting what some people write on these stupid columns.

By Dean

People that like to correct others have a real bad ego problem and need to get a life.

By hallgay

So... who is Michael Avman and why do we care?

By WILLIAM

There is an auld Scottish saying: "Only the uneducated know one way to spell a word."

By rolandesquivel

Lil, you need some schooling also !! It' spelled GRAMMAR, not grammer. And Oscar , you're wrong, you must have dropped out in the fourth grade. It was a nominative statement, ergo, "my wife and I", not a dative statement. Learn the differnce between nominative and dative cases !!

By barbara

who is michael avmen......i have never heard of him..........

By Leigh

yawn

By Stella

Bogus lawsuit alert! Any publicity for an unknown actor is considered good publicity, just ask this unknown actor's publicist.

By Ann

Well, if you can't act, sue somebody. Make your millions without breaking a sweat!

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