Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star in Wicked.
Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesMattel was reportedly sued afterward mistakenly linking to a porn website on the packaging for your new one Wicked movie dolls.
A South Carolina woman claims she and her daughter were “irreparably harmed” after her daughter visited the porn website because of the confusion, reports Entertainment Weekly on Tuesday, Dec. 4, citing court documents he obtained.
According to the output, Holly Ricketson filed a proposed class action in Los Angeles federal court. She said her daughter “used the iPhone to visit the website shown” on the packaging of the Wicked a doll bought by her mother.
“To her absolute shock, the website ‘Wicked.com’ had nothing to do with Wicked Doll. Rather, Wicked.com pasted scenes of pornographic ads onto her phone screen,” the complaint said, adding that Ricketson and her child were “horrified” by the website’s content.
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Ricketson’s lawsuit accuses the toy maker of unjust enrichment, negligence and violation of California’s false advertising law, among other things, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Us Weekly reached out to Mattel for comment, but a spokesperson said EW“The Wicked Dolls are back for sale with proper packaging at online and in-store retailers to meet strong consumer demand for the products. The previous typo on the packaging in no way affects the value or gaming experience provided by the product itself in the limited number of units sold prior to the correction. We express our gratitude to our consumers and retailers for their understanding and patience while we worked to fix the issue.”
Mattel apologized last month after the packaging of its Wicked tie-in movie dolls depicting Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively, contained a link to a porn site. The the accident went viral in social networks.
“Mattel has been notified of a typographical error on the packaging of the Mattel Wicked doll collection, sold primarily in the US, which was intended to direct consumers to the official WickedMovie.com landing page,” a Mattel spokesperson said Us Weekly at that time. “We deeply regret this unfortunate error and are taking immediate action to correct this. Parents are advised that the misprinted, incorrect website is not suitable for children. Consumers who already have the product are advised to discard the product packaging or hide the link and may contact Mattel Customer Service for further information.
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However, in a statement to EWone of Ricketson’s lawyers, Roy T. Willie IVaccused Mattel of violating consumer trust.
“This lawsuit is not just about recovering the cost of these dolls; it’s about holding corporations accountable for the responsibility they have to protect children,” Wiley said. “When a company markets a product to young children, it has an obligation to ensure that every aspect of that product – from design to packaging – does not pose a risk to their safety and well-being.”
