However, just days after completion, he says the homeowners revised the bond bid. The contractor says he was told that he “would look like a good guy,” and that there would be no further claim on the bid bond if he signed the release and agreed to finish the work on the house.Īnd so he signed the release and finished the work on the house. Additionally, he claims that he felt “physically intimidated and alarmed” by Skip’s imposing presence and his martial arts and wrestling background. According to the complaint, a “bouncer” blocked the door.Ĭarolla presented the contractor with three options - pay back all the money to the clients walk away but with the caveat that the show would aid the homeowners in helping them sue the contractor or finish the job under the show’s supervision.īut when the contractor says he tried to leave, the bouncer “moved to block” the door. Inside the house, the contractor says he was confronted by Carolla, Alison and her husband and third co-host, contractor Skip Bedell. 2013, the contractor arrived at the home of “Elizabeth Stevens” to pick up a check for a new job only to learn once he got inside that the nice woman watering the front lawn had not been Ms. 2013, stopped payment and ultimately canceled his contract. The contractor claims the clients moved into the home in spite of the fact that the repair had not been made, and then, in Oct. In September of that year, a building inspector flagged a framing issue, requiring an engineering proposal. In a complaint filed last week in a Los Angeles court, the contractor details how he appeared on the Spike show hosted by Adam Carolla.Īccording to the contractor, he began working on remodeling the clients’ house in July 2013. But one contractor featured on the show says he was forced to sign a release for the show under duress and that the show unfairly portrayed his participation. The three co-hosts of the Spike TV show, Adam Carolla, Alison Bedell, and Skip Bedell.Spike TV show “Catch a Contractor” uses the infamous model of NBC’s “To Catch a Predator,” but instead of snaring creepy men with the promise of an underage female, the Spike show lures in contractors “who have done their clients wrong” by posing as a new customer.
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