Netflix has been sued over the ‘unwatchable’ Jake Paul and Mike Tyson fight.
The livestream aired on Friday night and with over 72k in attendance at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas and around 108 million streams, it was a success.
However, many streamers were left disappointed and frustrated after dealing with technical issues and buffering during the live event, prompting many to cancel their subscription entirely and one user to take legal action against the streaming giant.
Ronald “Blue” Denton from Hillsborough County, Florida has filed a lawsuit, claiming the fight was “unwatchable” thanks to the technical issues.
Filed on Monday at Florida State court, Denton is looking for unspecified monetary damages but is also looking for class-action status, potentially hoping to rope in other unhappy customers that were impacted.
His complaint accused the company, worth around 377.81 billion, of breach of contract and deceptive trade under the Florida law.
He claimed that the platform was “woefully ill-prepared” to cope with the amount of viewers.
The lawsuit states: “Instead of providing the programming its viewers pay for every month, Netflix was completely unprepared and unable to fix the issues,”.
Critizing their promotional content, the lawsuit also stated: “60 million Americans were hyped to see ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson, ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ versus YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul. What they saw was ‘The Baddest Streaming on the Planet.’”
It also states: “Netflix customers experienced massive streaming issues and should have known better because it’s happened before,”.
Netflix has yet to respond to the lawsuit.
