Shock-TV comedian Tom Green has finally crossed the line.
That's what a local actor claims, after being recruited to take part in an on-camera prank at a Nashville restaurant nearly two years ago. Last week, just as 20th Century Fox was releasing a feature film of Mr. Green's bizarre antics, Mark Schear filed suit.
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