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Martin Shkreli Must Turn Over His Copies of Rare Wu-Tang Album, Judge Rules

Martin Shkreli must hand over his copies of Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, a judge ruled in a lawsuit over the one-of-a-kind album.

Following a hearing Friday in Manhattan federal court, Judge Pamela K. Chen granted a preliminary injunction to PleasrDAO — a digital art collective that bought the album in 2021 after Shkreli was forced to forfeit it as part of his criminal case. Pleasr sued Shkreli in June over the potential leak of the album, accusing him of violating both their purchase agreement and the federal forfeiture order. Barring a settlement, the lawsuit will now proceed to full litigation – including discovery, dueling motions from each side, and an eventual jury trial.

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