{"id":133194,"date":"2024-12-04T11:40:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T04:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133194"},"modified":"2024-12-04T11:40:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T04:40:51","slug":"mom-sues-mattel-over-wicked-doll-packages-with-porn-site-link-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133194","title":{"rendered":"Mom sues Mattel over Wicked doll packages with porn site link | US news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Mattel was sued on Tuesday by a South Carolina mother for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2024\/nov\/11\/mattel-apologises-after-mistakenly-linking-to-porn-website-on-wicked-dolls\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">mistakenly putting a link<\/a> to a pornographic website on packaging for dolls tied to the blockbuster movie Wicked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In a proposed class-action filed in federal court in Los Angeles, Holly Ricketson said she had bought a Wicked doll for her daughter, who then visited an adult entertainment website through the link provided by the toymaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Ricketson said her daughter showed her hardcore photographs from the website and both were \u201chorrified\u201d by what they saw, suffering emotional distress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The plaintiff said she would not have bought the doll had she known of the mistake, and Mattel has not offered refunds despite recalling the dolls on 11 November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Mattel declined to comment on the lawsuit but said in a statement that sales of Wicked dolls with correct packaging had resumed in stores and online. It has expressed regret for the error.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The toymaker, based in El Segundo, California, had intended to link purchasers to the WickedMovie.com website, not to a similarly named website for people at least 18 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Mattel recommends the dolls for children aged four and up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Tuesday\u2019s lawsuit seeks at least $5m in damages for people in the United States who bought Wicked dolls whose packaging included the errant link.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">It accuses Mattel of negligence, selling products unfit for sale, and violating California consumer-protection laws.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/dec\/03\/mattel-sued-wicked-doll-porn-site\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mattel was sued on Tuesday by a South Carolina mother for mistakenly putting a link to a pornographic website on packaging for dolls tied to the blockbuster movie Wicked. 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