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During the Jackass Forever press tour, Johnny Knoxville repeatedly denied rumors that the film would be the final installment in the Jackass franchise.
And that may be true, although Knoxville & Co. are filming again, likely in the new series The Prank Patrol, according to a lawsuit filed Friday by a handyman who claims he was the object of a recent prank. The ABC comedy series, slated to premiere in 2023, stars Knoxville, along with Eric Andre and Gabourey Sidibe, playing pranks on unsuspecting people and then deconstructing how the pranks are pulled.
Khalil Khan filed the lawsuit in Long Beach Superior Court, claiming he was subjected to a “terrifying ordeal” after applying for a job at TaskRabbit in October.
According to the complaint, Khan went into a home for what he considered to be a simple repair job. He claims the homeowner asked him to fix a dimmer switch and then threatened to beat him up if he didn’t do it right, saying, “I know jiu-jitsu.”
Within minutes a lamp went out and a young girl ran into the room screaming, “You killed my pony.” Khan protested that he had done nothing, but the homeowner and the girl ushered him into a room where apparently a pony was kept on a life support machine.
Khan then looked outside and saw his car being towed away, according to the suit. He took out his phone to call the police, but one of the men told him that if he did, he would be arrested for cocaine possession and showed him a bag of white powder.
“At that point, the plaintiff was in a panic,” the lawsuit states. “Within minutes he was being threatened with beatings, told he had botched the repair, accused of murdering a pony, had his car taken without his permission and now told he would be arrested for possession of illegal narcotics”.
Knoxville then showed up and revealed that the whole thing was a prank and that all the participants were actors. Khan claims he was offered a few hundred dollars and should laugh the whole thing off.
“But the plaintiff was not amused and remains uninterested,” the complaint reads. “He has been badly shaken and traumatized by this episode.”
The lawsuit alleges that Khan suffered from lack of sleep, anxiety and emotional distress. He also fears he will face “embarrassment and ridicule” if the incident ever becomes public knowledge.
A call to the Knoxville production office was not immediately answered, and its representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Jackass Forever was released in February and grossed $80 million worldwide.
