Madison Square Garden Sues WIRED for Defamation After Article About Tracking Gay Celebrities
MSG says Wired used stolen customer data to falsely portray the arena as discriminating against celebrities and LGBTQIA people, and seeks damages and a retraction.
- On Thursday, Madison Square Garden Entertainment Company filed a defamation lawsuit against Wired and three journalists—Noah Shachtman, Maddy Varner, and Katie Drummond—over an article alleging the arena tracked celebrities' sexual orientation.
- The lawsuit follows a July 9 Wired article claiming the Manhattan arena tracked celebrities using a database leaked by hacking group ShinyHunters, which contained nearly 40,000 customer records stolen from MSG.
- MSG claims the database was for "relationship management," denying discriminatory intent, while Wired's article alleges 93 entries were marked "LGBTQIA" and assigned "risk" scores ranging from "low risk" to "DO NOT HOST."
- Wired responded on Friday, stating it "stands by this reporting" and plans to "vigorously defend" the article against the "baseless and ridiculous lawsuit," while the story remained online as of Thursday evening.
- Seeking a jury trial and damages, MSG's complaint alleges reporters "cherry-picked" data to manufacture a false narrative targeting billionaire James Dolan's use of surveillance technology across his entertainment empire.
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Madison Square Garden sues Wired over celebrity database report
Three Madison Square Garden corporate entities filed a defamation lawsuit against Wired, its corporate owner Advance Publications and three of the magazine's journalists, accusing the outlet of twisting hacked customer data into a false narrative that the arena tracked and discriminated against LGBTQ celebrities.
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