Grace Goes to Court Kicking And Screaming
(AP) -- A Florida judge has ruled that a wrongful death lawsuit claiming that CNN/Court TV's Nancy Grace pushed the mother of a missing toddler, Melinda Duckett, to suicide through aggressive questioning on her show will be tried in federal court.
The lawsuit, filed in November 2006, names the self-righteous host and CNN as defendants. The reason a federal court is handling the case filed by Duckett's relatives is because the involved parties are from different jurisdictions.
Grace grilled Duckett on Grace's CNN Headline News show in September 2006 about the disappearance of her two year-old son, Trenton.
Duckett fatally shot herself before the network aired the pre-taped interview. Authorities believe Trenton is still alive, and have named Melinda Duckett as the prime suspect.