War Widow Blasts Fox & National Geo
TYLER, Texas (CN) - A war widow claims in court that Fox Entertainment and National Geographic took a family photo from her Army sergeant-husband's laptop after he was killed in Afghanistan, and broadcast it without permission in a show.
Donnice Roberts, widow of Staff Sgt. Kevin Roberts, sued The National Geographic Society, Fox Cable Networks and Fox Entertainment Group over their documentary "Inside Afghan ER." She sued on her own behalf and for her two young children.
Roberts' husband died on May 7, 2008 when the Humvee he was driving, providing security for a military convoy near Khost, Afghanistan, hit a roadside bomb.
"It was the last mission Sergeant Roberts was to perform before going home to attend his grandmother's funeral," his widow says in the complaint. "While he had the opportunity to decline the mission and leave Afghanistan, he chose to go on the mission and stay with his men."
Roberts says the blast seriously injured five people, including her husband. They were evacuated by helicopter to a field hospital, where Roberts died. (Graph 9)
Roberts says her husband was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart, and that she and their children "are tremendously proud of his service to America."
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