'Survivor' doctor kills himself after accusations

[The Straight Story]

'Survivor' doctor kills himself after accusations

The doctor for the French version of hit reality TV show "Survivor" killed himself in Cambodia on Monday, saying in a suicide note that the media had "sullied" his name after a contestant in his care died of a heart attack.

"In recent days my name has been sullied in the media," Thierry Costa wrote in the note before committing suicide just over a week after the death of 25-year-old Gerald Babin on a remote Cambodian island.

Costa, 38, complained of "unfair accusations" against him in the note obtained from Media Medic, the subcontractor that provided the doctor for the hugely popular "Koh Lanta" series by Adventure Line Productions (ALP).

Costa had been Koh Lanta's emergency physician for four seasons, ALP said in a statement, adding: "Everyone admired his great professionalism with the participants and the production staff."

http://www.thelocal.fr/page/view/survivor-doctor-kills-himself-after-unfair-accusations#.UVrPpzegSSo

[Bay Boy]

1. That's an extreme reaction...

...to unfair accusations.