Cyril Jacquet
Who vets reality TV contestants? Because a simple Internet search might have saved the producers of the Spanish-language version of The Amazing Race from a bit of embarrassment: seems one of their stars is a convicted murderer. When he was 15, he shot his mother to death, then waited at home for a few hours until he could empty the clip into his dad. As a juvenile, he served 3 years, and has a clean record.
The New York Times has a pretty good roundup of this developing gossip-scandal:
In an interview with the show’s host, Mr. Jacquet blamed “the media” for his troubles, and refused to elaborate on the murders, since, he said, that would only help the press in their “lynching” of him. He told the Spanish public that he is now happy with his life, and “my past is buried.”
Pretty poor word choices, methinks.
Grant Hamilton
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