Sports Rights Holder Sues Brooklyn Lounge for Pirating Boxing Match

Taste of the City Lounge, in Brooklyn, showed the Gervonta Davis vs. Hector Luis Garcia Championship Fight on Jan. 7 without authorization and for financial gain, said a complaint (docket 1:23-cv-04006) Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Eastern New York in Brooklyn. Plaintiff G&G Closed Circuit Events had exclusive nationwide commercial distribution rights to the event, it said. G&G claims violations of Title 47 of the Communications Act and seeks total statutory damages of $170,000, plus legal costs.