‘Sabrina’ lawsuit finally settled

The Satanic Temple has settled its copyright lawsuit against Netflix Inc and Warner Bros Entertainment over their alleged misuse of its goat-headed statue in the series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, a Warner confirmed.

The settlement was amicable, and resolves a lawsuit in which the Satanic Temple had sought at least $50 million (Dh183.6m) of damages. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Bruce Lederman, a lawyer for the plaintiff, said, “My client will be getting proper copyright credit on episodes of ‘The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ which have already been filmed. The remainder of the settlement is subject to a confidentiality.”

The Satanic Temple is based in Salem, Massachusetts and describes itself as a promoter of benevolence, rejecting tyrannical authority. It complained Sabrina misappropriated its statue ‘Baphomet with Children’ in a manner implying it stood for evil, and the depiction hurt its reputation.

Netflix distributes and Warner Bros produces the show starring Kiernan Shipka as the half-witch, half-human lead.