Johnny Knoxville sued by former “Prank Panel” producer over taser incident

With the plaintiff seeking $3 million in damages, this could be Knoxville's most expensive prank ever.

Johnny Knoxville is taking another hit.

The oft-pummeled Jackass star is being sued for negligence and battery by Daniel Curry, a former employee for the ABC series The Prank Panel and Eric André's writing partner, over a 2022 incident involving a taser.

According to a complaint filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court and reviewed by Entertainment Weekly, Curry was working as a segment producer on Prank Panel, which Knoxville cohosted with André and Gabourey Sidibe, when Knoxville allegedly "chased down and tased" him, and did so "without provocation."

Curry claims that the incident caused him to experience "freezing, losing all motor skills, and collapsing with his entire body in a rigid and tense state," and that he ultimately broke his fibula and tore a ligament in his ankle. After the tasing, the complaint says, the defendants — who also include ABC Signature and Jimmy Kimmel's production company, Kimmelot — "collectively acted to 'blacklist'" Curry on the production, resulting in damage to his career. At least 25 people witnessed the incident, the complaint alleges.

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Representatives for Knoxville, ABC, and Kimmelot didn't immediately respond to EW's request for comment Friday.

Curry's lawsuit claims that he was relegated to crutches and a scooter for two and a half months and wore an ankle brace for another two and a half months, then underwent six months of physical therapy. "This attack was unprompted, surprising, and inherently dangerous," the complaint says. "There was no plan for [Curry] to appear on camera and at no time was [he] an active participant in any scenes. Rather, [Curry] was an unsuspecting member of production who fell victim to Johnny Knoxville's inexplicable and inherently dangerous behavior."

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The lawsuit later claims that Curry received intimidating text messages from Knoxville, suggesting that he was pressured to keep the incident quiet.

Curry is seeking $1.75 million for loss of earnings, including future loss of earnings; $950,000 for compensatory and general damages; and $300,000 for special and incidental damages.

This isn't the first lawsuit that The Prank Panel has prompted. In December 2022, handyman Khalil Khan filed a lawsuit against Knoxville over a "terrifying ordeal" during the show's production.

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