Closed-Circuit Promoter Seeks $100,000 Over Illegal Telecast

The American Sports Saloon in New Orleans’ French Quarter gained an unlawful commercial advantage when it willfully intercepted the October 2020 broadcast of the Roman Gonzalez vs. Israel Gonzalez fight and beamed it for patrons on 16 big-screen TVs, alleged G&G Closed Circuit events, which owned the commercial distribution rights to the telecast. The New Year’s Eve complaint (docket 2:22-cv-05592) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana alleges violations of the Telecommunications Act and seeks $100,000 in statutory damages for each willful breach. Representatives of the establishment didn't respond to queries seeking comment.