10 Biggest Celebrity Lawsuits

Loss of Money, Loss of Reputation, Wrongful Death

In terms of cultural influence, this is one of the biggest celebrity lawsuits of all time. 1985, two troubled boys in Nevada attempted suicide after hours of drinking beer, smoking pot, and listening to Judas Priest. Raymond Belknap succeeded, but James Vance only managed to seriously disfigure himself, and lived. The parents of both decided that it was te band's fault that their boys had done the deed, due to "subliminal messages" hidden in the band's records. After years of backwards-masking hysteria and Satanic panic in America, the trial finally broke the spell when the suit was dismissed in 1991.