On Wednesday, Warner Bros. and Netflix settled a lawsuit brought against them by The Satanic Temple for using the temple’s statue of Baphomet in the spin-off of the 90s classic “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.”
The temple’s co-founder Lucien Greaves wrote in a blog post that the suit was “amicably settled” between the parties.
Greaves continued noting that The Satanic Temple will be acknowledged for the goat-headed statue in the credits for the remaining episodes of “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.” He also noted that the remainder of the agreement is protected by a confidentiality agreement.
The New York Times reports that The Satanic Temple filed suit against Netflix and Warner Bros. on Nov. 9 in the Federal District Court in Manhattan. Reportedly the group asked for at a minimum of $50 million for copyright infringement and defamation to the temple’s reputation.
According to the temple’s mission statement, the group, which defines itself as an activist group, works in part to “reject tyrannical authority” and to “encourage benevolence and empathy among all people.”
The New York Times reports that the goat-headed statue called “Baphomet With Children,” was designed five years ago to be used for protests on religious freedom. The statue was based on a drawing of the deity made by occultist Éliphas…
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