Mattel has been slapped with a class action lawsuit after accidentally putting the link to a porn site on merchandise for the film “Wicked.”
Holly Ricketson of South Carolina is seeking unspecified damages after her underage daughter was directed to a NSFW website for the adult entertainment company Wicked Pictures, due to a misprint on the packaging of a doll for the musical starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
In court documents obtained by Variety and filed on behalf of Ricketson on Tuesday, the plaintiff accuses Mattel of causing extreme emotional distress by accidentally steering people to a site featuring “hardcore, full on nude pornographic images depicting actual intercourse.”
“Plaintiff’s minor daughter immediately showed her mother the photographs and both were horrified by what they saw,” the suit reads. “If Plaintiff had been aware of such an inappropriate defect in the Product, she would not have purchased it.”
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Furthermore, the suit claims Mattel did not offer “any refund for consumers who had already purchased the dolls.”
Mattel did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. The company, which manufactures Barbie and American Girl dolls, quickly pulled the offending “Wicked” toys off the shelves after the packaging snafu came to light last month.
In a statement at the time, the brand told consumers they were aware of the misprint, and that they “deeply regret this unfortunate error and are taking immediate action to remedy this.”