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??? SEATTLE (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Washington state boy suffered serious burns when he set himself on fire trying to reenact a stunt from MTV's controversial show "Jackass," police said on Monday.
The teen from the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, Washington, had soaked his shirt in alcohol late on Friday and ignited it while his friends stood by with a video camera shooting footage they reportedly planned to sell.
After suffering first degree burns over his face and upper body the teen had initially told police someone set his clothes on fire while he walked on a trail after attending a high school football game in Issaquah, Washington.
"The stunt obviously went very wrong," Issaquah police said in a statement, adding that the boy could face obstruction of justice charges for lying about the incident, requiring extra police work.
An MTV spokeswoman was not immediately available for comment.
The accident is the latest tied to "Jackass," which has sparked several lawsuits against MTV and Viacom.
Last month a California woman sued claiming she suffered spine and knee injuries when a "Jackass" cast member knocked her over after slamming himself into a lectern on a stage in a stunt filmed for a similar pilot program, which never aired.
The "Jackass" show aired on Viacom Inc.'s youth-oriented MTV in 2000 and 2001 and then was canceled. But a movie version opened in theaters three weeks ago and has raked in $53.3 million at the box office.
??? SEATTLE (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Washington state boy suffered serious burns when he set himself on fire trying to reenact a stunt from MTV's controversial show "Jackass," police said on Monday.
The teen from the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, Washington, had soaked his shirt in alcohol late on Friday and ignited it while his friends stood by with a video camera shooting footage they reportedly planned to sell.
After suffering first degree burns over his face and upper body the teen had initially told police someone set his clothes on fire while he walked on a trail after attending a high school football game in Issaquah, Washington.
"The stunt obviously went very wrong," Issaquah police said in a statement, adding that the boy could face obstruction of justice charges for lying about the incident, requiring extra police work.
An MTV spokeswoman was not immediately available for comment.
The accident is the latest tied to "Jackass," which has sparked several lawsuits against MTV and Viacom.
Last month a California woman sued claiming she suffered spine and knee injuries when a "Jackass" cast member knocked her over after slamming himself into a lectern on a stage in a stunt filmed for a similar pilot program, which never aired.
The "Jackass" show aired on Viacom Inc.'s youth-oriented MTV in 2000 and 2001 and then was canceled. But a movie version opened in theaters three weeks ago and has raked in $53.3 million at the box office.
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