Madonna Fan Sues Her for Exposing Concertgoers to ‘Pornography With out Warning’

Madonna is being sued by a fan who claims he was “deceived” by her Celebration World Tour.

In keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained by PEOPLE, Justen Lipeles filed a category motion go well with in opposition to the “Hung Up” singer, 65, in California on Thursday, Might 30, that alleges the Queen of Pop and her promoter Dwell Nation “lulled” concertgoers into shopping for “costly tickets” to her Celebration Tour reveals held in February and March that “purposely and deceptively” withheld data in its advertising.

The plaintiff within the courtroom criticism claims Madonna and Dwell Nation failed to tell ticket purchasers that the singer’s scheduled reveals at 4 California venues wouldn’t begin on time “as promised,” as an alternative having to attend till after 10 p.m. for live shows to start.

The submitting additionally accuses the pop star of sustaining a “scorching and uncomfortable temperature” throughout her performances, which the fan claims she “would lip-synch a lot of.”

Discussion board Leisure, Kia Discussion board, Acrisure Area, the Golden 1 Heart and Chase Heart have been named within the lawsuit alongside Madonna and Dwell Nation.

The lawsuit additionally alleges that concertgoers have been “pressured to look at topless ladies” simulate “sexual acts” onstage throughout Madonna’s reveals, “subjecting them to pornography with out warning.” 

All through her profession, Madonna has maintained a sex-positive surroundings, with reveals together with erotic dancing, some NSFW touching, and even lap dances, as evidenced with Maluma and Ricky Martin, most just lately.

The Might criticism in opposition to Madonna accuses the music icon of getting engaged in “unfair, illegal, misleading enterprise practices” that demonstrated her “flippant disrespect for her followers.”

Per the paperwork, plaintiffs are suing the “Like a Virgin” singer and the listed events for unspecified damages for breach of written contract, negligent misrepresentation, emotional misery, unfair competitors and false promoting.

A rep for Madonna has not commented on the lawsuit.

In January, Madonna was sued by two followers who accused her of beginning one other live performance on her Celebration Tour late at Brooklyn’s Barclays Heart, claiming “false promoting” for starting a scheduled 8:30 p.m. live performance at 10:30 p.m. Dwell Nation was additionally named within the lawsuit.

Three months after the submitting, Madonna’s authorized workforce filed a movement to dismiss the 2 followers’ claims, claiming their accusations weren’t justified.  

“Nowhere did Defendants promote that Madonna would take the stage at 8.30 p.m., and no affordable concertgoer — and positively no Madonna fan — would anticipate the headline act at a serious enviornment live performance to take the stage on the ticketed occasion time,” the star’s legal professionals said, per courtroom paperwork obtained by PEOPLE.

The attorneys added, “Fairly, an inexpensive concertgoer would perceive that the venue’s doorways will open at or earlier than the ticketed time, a number of opening acts might carry out whereas attendees arrive and make their solution to their seats and earlier than the headline act takes the stage, and the headline act will take the stage later within the night.”

Marcus Corwin, the 2 followers’ lawyer, beforehand informed PEOPLE that his shoppers would file a response to Madonna’s movement to dismiss the lawsuit inside 30 days. “We consider our response will handle the problems raised within the MTD and that when the Courtroom is totally briefed, we can proceed with this motion and procure compensation for these ticket holders searching for refunds,” he mentioned.

After the January lawsuit, Dwell Nation issued a press release to PEOPLE, saying, “Madonna’s simply accomplished, offered out 2023 Celebration Tour in Europe obtained rave evaluations. The reveals opened in North America at Barclays in Brooklyn as deliberate, excluding a technical concern December thirteenth throughout soundcheck. This brought about a delay that was well-documented in press reviews on the time. We intend to defend this case vigorously.”