Richards hecklers want cash
Duo seek amends for racist rant
Two of the hecklers who prompted Michael Richards’s racist outburst have said they want a personal apology and a payout for the incident.Frank McBride and Kyle Doss were part of a group of about 20 people who had gone to West Hollywood's Laugh Factory to celebrate a birthday last Friday.
Their attorney, Gloria Allred, said the duo were ordering drinks when Richards launched into a tirade, branding them ‘niggers’.
Allred complained that although Richards has apologised on the David Letterman show and to civil rights leaders, he has not apologised to her clients ‘directly, face to face, man to man’.
She said Richards should meet McBride and Doss in front of a retired judge to apologise to them and allow the judge to decide on a cash monetary compensation. But he did not specify a figure.
She said: ‘Our clients were vulnerable. He singled them out and he taunted them, and he did it in a closed room where they were captive.’
Richards' publicist, who has previously said the comic hadn’t been able to locate the hecklers to apologise to them, said Richards wasn't considering any demand for payment.
Comedians have been lining up to pass their comments on the row on American TV. Click here to watch Patrice O’Neal and here to watch Sinbad discuss the issue on Fox News and CNN respectively.
Published: 23 Nov 2006
