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Man Sues Over Sperm Bank Hidden Camera
Claim: Surveillance device was hidden in ceiling of "donation
room"
JULY 20--Claiming that he found a video camera hidden in the
ceiling of a sperm bank's "donation room," a Los Angeles man is
suing the firm for negligence and emotional distress. Ken Rigberg, 27,
charges that he discovered the pinhole camera during a June 2005 visit to
Pasadena's Pacific Reproductive Services. According to Rigberg's Los
Angeles Superior Court complaint, a copy of which you'll find below, he
"noticed an unusual hole in the ceiling tile" of a private
donation room, where he had just finished masturbating into a cup. Upon
inspection, Rigberg realized that "there was a hidden surveillance
camera on top of the ceiling tile, with the lens of the camera positioned
to...capture the activity within the private donor room." Rigberg is
described in the lawsuit as a "regular sperm donor" who went to
Pacific "to provide an honorable and essential benefit to his
community."
According to Pacific's web site, it pays men $100 per donation, and that
most donors contribute "once or twice weekly over a minimum one-year
period or 65 donations." Rigberg's attorney, S. Edmond El Dabe,
provided TSG with a police photograph of the seized ceiling cam
equipment, an image he received from Pacific's insurance carrier.
El Dabe said Pasadena cops have been unable to determine who placed the
video camera in the donation room ceiling. The lawsuit, which was filed
in late-May and does not specify monetary damages, asserts that Rigberg
has, among other things, suffered fear, shame, humiliation, and chagrin
as a result of discovering the surveillance gadget. An "emotionally
traumatized" Rigberg, who had been visiting Pacific for more than a
year, "no longer donates sperm, as he fears future illegal
surveillance of his private acts," the complaint notes.
We Hunt Spies, We Stop Espionage, We Kill
Bugs, and We Plug Leaks.
James M. Atkinson, President and Sr. Engineer
Granite Island Group
127 Eastern Avenue #291
Gloucester, MA 01930-8008
Phone: (978) 546-3803
Fax: (978) 546-9467
Web:
http://www.tscm.com/
E-Mail:
jm..._at_tscm.com
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