Balenciaga is dropping its $25 million lawsuit against the producers of a controversial ad campaign that sparked accusations the luxury fashion house is promoting child abuse.
Attorneys for Balenciaga filed the notice of discontinuance Friday in New York, according to paperwork obtained by The Post. Balenciaga President and CEO Cedric Charbit said in a Friday statement the celebrity-adored company “decided not to pursue litigation.”
Balenciaga filed suit Nov. 25 against production outfit North Six and set designer Nicholas Des Jardins after the company came under fire for an ad showing paperwork from a Supreme Court case that upheld part of a federal child pornography law. Balenciaga has said it suspects the background documents came from the filming of a TV drama.
In its initial filing, Balenciaga claimed North Six and Des Jardins’ “inexplicable acts and omissions were malevolent or, at the very least, extraordinarily reckless. As a result of defendants’ misconduct, members of the public, including the news media, have falsely and horrifically associated Balenciaga with the repulsive and deeply disturbing subject of the court decision.”
