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\n The June 2009 Tony Awards scenery mishap that resulted in a head injury to Bret Michaels has now erupted into a lawsuit that the musician filed Friday in Los Angeles, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE.<\/p>\n

Michaels’s attorney, Alex Weingarten, issued the following press statement, reports EW.com: “The Tony Awards dropped a piece of the stage on Bret\u2019s head, and then instead of doing the right thing, joked about it and played it off for ratings \u2026 Bret never wanted to file a lawsuit, but the Tony Awards have left us with no choice. <\/p>\n

They must be held accountable for almost killing Bret, and that is what we are going to do.”<\/p>\n

In the suit against CBS and the Tony Awards for unspecified damages, Michaels \u2013 who ever since the incident has suffered precarious health \u2013 claims that despite his asking producers for instructions on where to stand on the Radio City Music Hall stage during his performance, he was only told to “simply exit the stage from the rear.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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People.com : \u00a0\u00a0 The June 2009 Tony Awards scenery mishap that resulted in a head injury to Bret Michaels has now erupted into a lawsuit that the musician filed Friday in Los Angeles, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE. Michaels’s attorney, Alex Weingarten, issued the following press statement, reports EW.com: “The Tony Awards dropped a piece of the stage on Bret\u2019s head, and then instead of doing the right thing, joked about it and played it off for ratings \u2026 Bret never wanted to file a lawsuit, but the Tony Awards have left us with no choice. They must be held accountable for almost killing Bret, and that is what we are going to do.” In the suit against CBS and the Tony Awards for unspecified damages, Michaels \u2013 who ever since the incident has suffered precarious health \u2013 claims that despite his asking producers for instructions on where to stand on the Radio City Music Hall stage during his performance, he was only told to “simply exit the stage from the rear.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-344212","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\nBret Michaels Sues CBS and Tony Awards over Head Injury - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/bret-michaels-sues-cbs-and-tony-awards-over-head-injury\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bret Michaels Sues CBS and Tony Awards over Head Injury - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"People.com : \u00a0\u00a0 The June 2009 Tony Awards scenery mishap that resulted in a head injury to Bret Michaels has now erupted into a lawsuit that the musician filed Friday in Los Angeles, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE. 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