Man Awarded $1.5 Million Over Racist Debt Collection Calls [Video]

» by Lacy Robinson June 1, 2010, 12:28pm

Allen Jones, was recently awarded $1.5 million dollars for offensive and explicit voice mails he received from a debt company.

In August of 2007, when attempting to collect a debt, Advanced Call Center Technology in Dallas, TX sent eight threatening and racist messages on Jones' mobile phone.

Jones, who is African-American, received messages that included racial slurs as well as profanity. A collector was quoted as saying:

“Get your moth*rfuc*in ass up and go pick some motherfu*kin cotton fields.”

“This is your mot*erfuc*kin wake-up call you little lazy a** bit*h.”

"This shouldn't be tolerated. Nobody should have to experience what I had to experience," Jones was quoted as saying.

Jones sued the company in a Dallas court and was awarded $50,000 for mental anguish and $1.5 million in punitive damage. The collection calls he received were to collect a sum of $200.

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JamesinSD

For reals lol....I could handle a lil mental anguish for that price
nel

glad he got he got paid tho...
CORNBREAD EAROL

I IS AH NOTS PAYN YA CRACKA, HEARS AH MY'S NUMBA 555-5555, CALLZ "ME"! I IS BE WAIT NAH HEARS FROM YAH.
http://www.stopcollectionscalls.com/ Collection Calls

This is incredible! Sounds like this guy went through a lot, and he deserved it. Its a shame that this will give most Americans a false hope and will drive them deeper and deeper into debt.

CORNBREAD EAROL

@COLLECT
WHY DON'T U CALL ME AND TELL ME HOW U REALLY FEEL,LOL,U JUST MAD CUZ,IT WAS UR DUMB A S S WHO MADE THE CALLS,AND NOW U OUTTA A JOB,HEHEHEHEHEHE.