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“It’s like porn”… Audience who watched Madonna's performance eventually files suit
An audience member who expressed displeasure at American pop star Madonna's concert filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for psychological damages.
According to the US entertainment magazine TMZ on the 30th (local time), Justin Ripeles, who attended Madonna's concert held in Inglewood, California on March 7, said in a complaint filed with the court that he and other concertgoers on that day were deceived by Madonna and the concert organizers. insisted.
They also demanded that Madonna compensate for damages such as breach of contract, false advertising, and emotional distress.
Madonna's concert was scheduled to start at 8:30 pm that day. However, the performance that day did not start until after 10 p.m. He claimed that Madonna, who went on stage, asked to turn off the air conditioner in the concert hall, and that the audience ended up suffering from the heat.
Afterwards, when the audience complained about the heat and asked them to turn on the air conditioner, Madonna reportedly swore, saying, "I'm cold. If you're hot, take off your clothes."
Ripeles also said that Madonna fooled the audience by performing with obvious lip sync. He also said of some of the dancers on stage, "I was forced to watch bare-breasted women imitating sexual acts on stage."
“Forcing the audience to wait for hours in a hot and uncomfortable concert hall and exposing them to pornography without warning proves Madonna’s disrespect for her fans,” he said. “It was like watching a pornographic film.”
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr
According to the US entertainment magazine TMZ on the 30th (local time), Justin Ripeles, who attended Madonna's concert held in Inglewood, California on March 7, said in a complaint filed with the court that he and other concertgoers on that day were deceived by Madonna and the concert organizers. insisted.
They also demanded that Madonna compensate for damages such as breach of contract, false advertising, and emotional distress.
Madonna's concert was scheduled to start at 8:30 pm that day. However, the performance that day did not start until after 10 p.m. He claimed that Madonna, who went on stage, asked to turn off the air conditioner in the concert hall, and that the audience ended up suffering from the heat.
Afterwards, when the audience complained about the heat and asked them to turn on the air conditioner, Madonna reportedly swore, saying, "I'm cold. If you're hot, take off your clothes."
Ripeles also said that Madonna fooled the audience by performing with obvious lip sync. He also said of some of the dancers on stage, "I was forced to watch bare-breasted women imitating sexual acts on stage."
“Forcing the audience to wait for hours in a hot and uncomfortable concert hall and exposing them to pornography without warning proves Madonna’s disrespect for her fans,” he said. “It was like watching a pornographic film.”
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr