Man Sues Over Sperm Bank Hidden Camera
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. (9 pages)
Somehow since it was a man who was the victim and the susepct will probably turn out to be a gay man, there won’t be as much outcry as if the victim was a woman and the suspect a man. Expect much more or this as camera’s become almost invisable.
Masturbation is so wasteful of energy.
I just read that a Hummer may be more efficient 😉
@2 But at least you can make some money. Looks like at least 6500 dollars per year. There are worst jobs…
1 Expect much more or this as camera’s become almost invisable.
Which made me wonder why he was inspecting the ceiling of the “donation” room – closely enough to spot a “pin-hole” camera…
His mind was obviously not on the job at hand.
2I just read that a Hummer may be more efficient
Yours is the superior intellect. I salute you.
@4 “His mind was obviously not on the job at hand.
Intentional or not, I think that was a pretty good pun XD
That is so sick. I mean the thing about the cup. Surely the extraction process is done by a more dignified medical operation.
RBG
RBG, I’m not sure what the alternative medical procedure’s name is, but it goes by the acronym, HOOKER.
Any sperm donors out there? To be sure there’s some sort of screening process. I would think if a women/couple was purchasing semen, they would want a reasonable genetic package. Is it graded? Top dollar for Noble Prize laureate, discounts for over weight Community College graduates with a mild substance abuse problem? Hell they grade animal sperm by the sire.
Why not sue for the rights of the film. Then he wouldn’t have to worry the $6500 per year (max)
Wow a hundred buck a donation? Where do I sign up? Is there a limit on how many times you can donate? I could make like 1400 bucks a week easy. And they can even leave the camera … Hell they can come in and watch if they want.. ; )
Hey Raff you’re funny
Hell…According to this pay scale, i think i broke some child labor laws when I went through puberty. I should have been paid overtime for the sheer quantity alone!
glad u guys finally can realize in public … u all masterbate… women been doing it for years … usually behind u’r backs……lol and to think we can’t get paid for juice
chrisitna… I think the “behind u’r backs” premise is now out of date. The Internet has opened the door to a serious peep show for anyone interested…
ifeelmyself.com
Very clever site name, by the way, if you mispronounce ‘com’
5 Intentional or not, I think that was a pretty good pun
Thanks,
Gary’s link to the “Hummer efficiency” post got me in the right frame of mind…
Well Mike, I took a chance on slang that might be a little too American, but you certainly confirmed a payoff. Thanks.