Dentsu Group Inc. controversies
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2020
Woodstock 50 organizers sue Dentsu over alleged sabotage
Lawsuit filed
Organizers for Woodstock 50 filed suit against Dentsu and related defendants, alleging they conspired to breach the festival contract and harmed the festival. The allegations are reported as claims in the lawsuit.
Company response
Denial — Dentsu
the claims in this new filing have no merit and are improper.
Source excerpt
The organizers of Woodstock 50 have filed suit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against Dentsu, a Japanese firm that had agreed to finance the doomed festival scheduled for August 2019 but officially canceled in July, Variety reports.
The festival alleges that Dentsu Group, Dentsu Aegis Network, and MKTG conspired with Dentsu affiliate Amplifi to instigate the breach of its contract with the festival, accusing them of âabscondingâ with millions of dollars and âattackingâ the festival in the press in an attempt to âkill the festival.â
Nearly a year after Woodstock 50 was canceled, festival organizers are suing their former partner, saying it sabotaged the gathering and should be ordered to pay tens of millions of dollars in damages.