‘MasterChef’ Star Mary Jayne Buckingham Sues Producers For Allegedly Pressuring Her To Film Following Stroke

The defendants are listed as Berkeley Productions and Endemol Shine North America. “Under the stress of the show, Ms. Buckingham suffered a stoke,” the suit reads. She claims to have notified the defendants of the stoke while on set but they “continually denied her requests to sit out of the competition and receive medical care, and in her diminished mental state, improperly pressured her to remain in the competition over the course of fourteen hours before she made it to a hospital.” Buckingham claims the producers’ actions and “omissions that day led Ms. Buckingham to suffer a much worse injury… Read Full Article