Hardcore ‘Wicked’: Porn Link Fiasco Conjures A Class Action Against Mattel

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“Something just takes over me and when it does, bad things happen,” says the Cynthia Erivo portrayed Elphaba in Wicked, and certainly a lawsuit filed today over a XXX connection could be a very bad thing for Mattel As Wicked is killing it at the box office and the heavily promo partnered Universal film has snagged hefty critical acclaim too, but now the Erivo and Ariana Grande-starring blockbuster caught up in a potential class action over a porn site link on tie-in merchandise. “On or about November 11, 2024, Plaintiff purchased a Wicked Doll for her minor daughter,” says the seven-claim complaint from Holly Ricketson filed today in federal court in California. “After opening the box that contained the Wicked Doll, Plaintiff’s minor daughter used an iPhone to visit the website shown on Defendant’s packaging,” the photo illustrated filing against the toy giant goes on to say. “To her absolute shock the website, ‘Wicked.com’, had nothing to do with the Wicked Doll.

Rather, Wicked.com pasted scenes of pornographic advertisements across her phone screen.” “These scenes were hardcore, full on nude pornographic images depicting actual intercourse, and can be available for an in-camera review by the court as necessary,” the jury trial seeking action spotlighting Mattel adds. “Plaintiff’s minor daughter immediately showed her mother the photographs and both were horrified by what they say.

If Plaintiff had been aware of such an inappropriate defect in the Product, she would not have purchased it.” Besides the obvious, what really seems to have gotten under Ricketson’s skin is that at no point did Mattel even offer a refund on the doll purchase. Read the potential class action lawsuit against Mattel over porn links on Wicked