A New York judge has refused to throw out a $100 million lawsuit brought by the family of a man who committed suicide after police, accompanied by a camera crew from "Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator," showed up at his house to arrest him.

The lawsuit, brought by the sister of former Kaufman County, Tex. Districy Attorney Louis "Bill" Contradt Jr., alleges that NBC and police acted with deliberate indifference to Contradt and that cops had a duty to protect him.

Bruce Baron, the lawyer for Patricia Contradt, tells TMZ, "This decision sends a strong message to law enforcement officials throughout our country, that you may not subcontract your uniform, badge, and the oath you take."

See the link here for the story.
http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/26/judge-rules-dateline-lawsuit-can-go-on/#comments

. . . but the greatest coverage of this incident is a lengthy article in Esquire magazine called "Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die"

Link: http://www.esquire.com/features/predator0907