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| Sabrina makers sued by Satanic Temple over statue | Sabrina makers sued by Satanic Temple over statue |
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| The Satanic Temple is suing the makers of TV series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina for $50 million (£38m) over a statue. | The Satanic Temple is suing the makers of TV series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina for $50 million (£38m) over a statue. |
| Netflix and Warner Bros allegedly copied the group's statue of the goat deity Baphomet in the programme. | Netflix and Warner Bros allegedly copied the group's statue of the goat deity Baphomet in the programme. |
| Both production companies have declined to comment on the law suit. | Both production companies have declined to comment on the law suit. |
| Satanic Temple does not worship Satan, but instead seeks "to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people". | Satanic Temple does not worship Satan, but instead seeks "to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people". |
| Their lawsuit, filed on Thursday in New York, claims an icon similar to their own appears in four episodes of the series. | Their lawsuit, filed on Thursday in New York, claims an icon similar to their own appears in four episodes of the series. |
| Lucien Greaves, co-founder of the Satanic Temple, posted a tweet comparing their statue with that in the show. | |
| The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a supernatural programme on Netflix following Sabrina Spellman, a half-mortal half-witch teenager. It is based on a comic book of the same name, which also inspired the show Sabrina the Teenage Witch, a series which ran from 1996-2003. | The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a supernatural programme on Netflix following Sabrina Spellman, a half-mortal half-witch teenager. It is based on a comic book of the same name, which also inspired the show Sabrina the Teenage Witch, a series which ran from 1996-2003. |
| Characters in the show who worship the "Dark Lord" or Satan practice cannibalism and forced worship, and the Satanic Temple argues its members are being associated with these "evil antagonists". | Characters in the show who worship the "Dark Lord" or Satan practice cannibalism and forced worship, and the Satanic Temple argues its members are being associated with these "evil antagonists". |
| Mr Greaves confirmed the group was going to take legal action against the show's production companies for "appropriating our copyright monument design to promote their asinine Satanic Panic fiction". | Mr Greaves confirmed the group was going to take legal action against the show's production companies for "appropriating our copyright monument design to promote their asinine Satanic Panic fiction". |
| Founded in 2012, the group does not believe in a supernatural Satan, but instead works to ensure the separation of church and state and holds Satan as a symbol of "opposition to arbitrary authority". | Founded in 2012, the group does not believe in a supernatural Satan, but instead works to ensure the separation of church and state and holds Satan as a symbol of "opposition to arbitrary authority". |
| The Satanic Temple created a statue of the goat deity Baphomet as part of its campaign to "complement and contrast" a Ten Commandments monument in Oklahoma City on the grounds of religious freedom. | The Satanic Temple created a statue of the goat deity Baphomet as part of its campaign to "complement and contrast" a Ten Commandments monument in Oklahoma City on the grounds of religious freedom. |
| Mr Greaves told US broadcaster CNBC that Baphomet has "come to represent us as a people" and that the statue in Sabrina "dilutes and denigrates" their group. | Mr Greaves told US broadcaster CNBC that Baphomet has "come to represent us as a people" and that the statue in Sabrina "dilutes and denigrates" their group. |