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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Madonna sued for pornography without warning at la concert performance - The Untold Story

Madonna performs in the final show of her the Celebration tour on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.
Madonna performs in the final show of her Celebration tour on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

Madonna has been sued by a concertgoer at her Celebration world tour, who alleges that Madonna produced “pornography without warning” and he “was forced to watch topless women on stage simulating sex acts”.

In the lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles and seen by the Guardian, the plaintiff, Justen Lipeles, makes a series of allegations regarding her 7 March concert at the Kia Forum venue in the city. The concert’s promoter, Live Nation, is named alongside Madonna as a defendant.

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