Johnny Knoxville sued for allegedly doing some very Johnny Knoxville things

Johnny Knoxville is facing a new lawsuit this week, related to alleged behavior that we could hopefully be forgiven for mentally filing as “Some fairly typical Johnny Knoxville-type shit.” The Jackass star is the subject of a new lawsuit from writer Daniel Curry, a former creative consultant on Knoxville’s new show The Prank Panel. (More specifically, Curry is a long-time writing partner with Knoxville’s co-star on the series, Eric André; Curry’s credited on most of André’s big projects over the last decade-plus, notably including every episode of The Eric André Show.)

According to The Wrap, Curry’s lawsuit states that “Knoxville allegedly entered video village and began harassing Curry with a taser while Curry fled, while still less than one week on the job. Curry says he was tased in the side while he and Knoxville were at a full run, which led to severe injuries when his body locked up and he fell. The documents state Curry broke his fibula and tore the ankle ligament in his right leg.” Which—and we are not saying this in any kind of legally binding or accusatory way—does sound like the sort of thing we have seen happen many, many times on TV shows produced and masterminded by Johnny Knoxville. Curry, who’s suing for $3 million, alleges that the incident also soured his working relationship with André, who allegedly began distancing himself from Curry “citing fears of retaliation” from Knoxville if Curry continued to be vocal about the incident. Curry says he’s now been “blackballed” from the industry; the sum he’s seeking includes estimations of future earnings he’s supposedly losing out on.

Filming on The Prank Panel, which aired its first season last year, has reportedly been genuinely contentious. André himself says he came closer to quitting the show several times, telling Howard Stern last year that he became genuinely anxious about facing Knowville’s various attacks. “He’s tasing me, he’s got a different weapon on him every day,” André stated at one point, saying he genuinely tried to quit the series at least once over the incidents. The show, which sees Knoxville, André, and Gabourey Sidibe evaluate proposals for pranks brought to them by members of the public, has also been the subject of at least one outside lawsuit, from a TaskRabbit gig worker who was subjected to one of its pranks.