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Martin Shkreli Hit With Judge’s Restraining Order In Lawsuit Over One-of-a-Kind Wu-Tang Album

Martin Shkreli was hit with a restraining order in the Wu-Tang Clan album lawsuit, with the judge ordering the disgraced exec to appear in court.

Just hours after convicted “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli was sued over claims that he illegally copied and distributed Wu-Tang Clan ’s one-of-a-kind album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, a federal judge has ordered him to appear in court and to immediately stop “causing further damage.” In a ruling late Tuesday, Judge Pamela Chen issued a temporary restraining order against the disgraced pharma executive, siding with arguments from PleasrDAO — a digital art collective that bought the album in 2021 after Shkreli was forced to forfeit it as part of his criminal case. “The album was supposed to constitute the sole existing copy of the record, music, data and files, and packaging,” the group’s attorneys wrote earlier on Tuesday.

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