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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-07-10 04:54 PM
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Caitlin Sanchez, voice of "Dora the Explorer," sues Nickelodeon, MTV, Viacom
Caitlin Sanchez, voice of Nickelodeon hit 'Dora the Explorer,' claims she was exploited by producers

BY Kerry Burke and Bill Hutchinson
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Thursday, October 7th 2010, 4:00 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/07/2010-10-07_im_dora_the_exploited_says_voice_of_cartoon.html



The little girl who gave voice to the lovable "Dora the Explorer" cartoon character claims in a lawsuit that she was pressured into signing a dubious, complicated contract and then ripped off for millions of dollars.

Lawyers for Caitlin Sanchez, 14, of Fairview, N.J., charged that she and her parents were duped into signing an "unconscionable" contract that allowed producers of the Nickelodeon hit to exploit her.

"I've never seen as convoluted and inscrutable contract as I've seen here," Caitlin's lawyer, John Balestriere, told the Daily News on Wednesday night.

Balestriere said Caitlin was cheated out of "millions, perhaps tens of millions."

In addition to not being compensated for hundreds of hours of recording sessions, Caitlin was forced to fly around the country promoting the show for a "meager travel stipend of $40 a day," the suit charges.

Caitlin and her parents, Hilda and Kevin Sanchez, filed the suit in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday, naming Nickelodeon, MTV Networks and Viacom International as defendants.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-07-10 05:07 PM
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1. I hope her jurors are of the (D) persuasion.n/t
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ejpoeta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-07-10 05:14 PM
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2. well then i am going to have to send them a letter and boycott the show.
ashley hasn't been watching it anyway opting for other things. though she is 5 now so maybe has outgrown the show.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-07-10 05:19 PM
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3. Huh...and I thought it would be for making Dora sound like a whiner.
Stop yelling, Dora! GAH!
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-07-10 05:25 PM
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4. Alec Baldwin has it under control...
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mackerel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-07-10 10:53 PM
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5. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-10 05:32 PM
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6. Good for Caitlin!
Animation producers are the most exploitative and personally greedy class of showbiz in my opinion.
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