Mom sues Mattel over Wicked doll packages with adult site link

[Claira]

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. 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.

Ricketson said her daughter showed her hardcore photographs from the website and both were “horrified” by what they saw, suffering emotional distress. 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.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/03/mattel-sued-wicked-doll-porn-site

[Gromdor]

Those dolls are showing up online as collector's items because of the packaging error and selling for around $100.00... (In package of course)

It does make you wonder how you can "accidentally" put the wrong URL on a product for children.  Ah, nevermind.  I just read more about it and can see how leaving the "Movie" off of "Wicked Movie" might lead towards something pornographic.

[Earl.Of.Trumps]

totally bazar.

Matell isn't big enough to just shrug it off. It might them out of business. All because some hammerhead had to have a good laugh