Extreme’ Jonathan Goodwin Sues NBC Over Stunt Gone Wrong

Jonathan Goodwin, who practically died doing a stunt for ‘AGT: Excessive,’ is suing NBC over his ugly accidents, alleging the community did not do sufficient to make sure security on set.

In response to a brand new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Jonathan claims NBC and producers stored upping the ante on stunts to go greater and bolder to maintain eyeballs on the ‘AGT’ franchise, and he says that led to producers signing up contestants to carry out excessive stunts … whereas slicing corners on security.

Within the docs, Jonathan claims the present managed, designed and interfered with the protected efficiency of stunts … which he says nearly cost him his life when he acquired critically injured on set.

Jonathan says he was “catastrophically injured” throughout an October 21 rehearsal on the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Georgia, the place he was crushed and burned by 2 exploding automobiles earlier than falling greater than 20 toes to the bottom and touchdown violently.

In his swimsuit, Jonathan claims he dislocated his spinal wire, misplaced his left kidney, suffered Third-degree burns and fractured his legs, ribs and shoulders.

Bear in mind … we first obtained video of the stunt, and it exhibits Jonathan suspended within the air, hanging from a wire and trying to free himself from a straightjacket earlier than two swinging automobiles smash collectively.

The footage exhibits the automobiles sandwiching Jonathan in midair … and sources on set informed us people who had been there thought Jonathan had died.

It has been practically 2 years for the reason that incident, and Jonathan says there is no finish to his affected by his psychological, bodily and emotional accidents from the “catastrophic, life-altering” incident.

In his swimsuit, Jonathan’s blasting the present for what he says was a failure to implement business security requirements. He says the manufacturing employed unqualified folks to supervise and design the stunt, which he says wasn’t examined with a crash dummy earlier than he acquired within the ring.

He is suing for damages.