Ex-inmates sue after being forced to listen to 'Baby Shark'

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YouTube sensation "Baby Shark" (an earworm curse to parents everywhere), is being developed into an animated bid for Nickelodeon, a rep for the web told CNN.

Posted at 5:24 PM, Nov 05, 2021

and past updated 2021-11-05 18:24:58-04

Three erstwhile inmates person reportedly filed a national civilian rights suit aft they accidental they were forced to perceive to the children's opus “Baby Shark" connected repeat.

According to The Oklahoman, they are suing Oklahoma County commissioners, the region sheriff, the jailhouse spot and 2 erstwhile officers astatine the jail.

An probe recovered the officers handcuffed the inmates to a partition and played the opus loudly, implicit and over, arsenic a signifier of punishment, The Kansas City Star reported. The suit reportedly compares the enactment to torture.

The officers were charged successful 2020. They are scheduled to spell to proceedings successful February, The Oklahoman reports.

The inmates are reportedly seeking $75,000 successful damages.