G&G Sues 2 Texas Bars for Illegal Showing of 2020 Boxing Match

Two Texas bars held illegal showings of the Feb. 29, 2020, Mikey Garcia vs. Jessie Vargas boxing championship, alleged G&G Closed Circuit Events, which had exclusive TV distribution rights to the event, said the plaintiff in separate piracy lawsuits Friday. The Henderson Tap House, Dallas, either via satellite transmission or unauthorized receipt over a cable system, “willfully intercepted or received an interstate communication of the event” for commercial advantage and private financial gain, said the complaint (docket 3:23-cv-00310) in U.S. District Court for Northern Texas in Dallas. Similarly, Pecker’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill, Weslaco, Texas, “misappropriated” G&G’s licensed exhibition of the event, said a complaint (docket 7:23-cv-00052) alleging violation of the Communications Act in U.S. District Court for Southern Texas in McAllen. G&G seeks statutory damages, legal costs and expenses, plus reasonable attorneys’ fees.