“At Balenciaga, we stand together for children safety and do not tolerate any kind of violence and hatred message.”
that sparked accusations the luxury fashion house is promoting child abuse.
Attorneys for Balenciaga filed the notice of discontinuance Friday in New York, according to paperwork obtained by The Post. Balenciaga President and CEO Cedric Charbit said in a Friday statement the celebrity-adored company “decided not to pursue litigation.” Balenciaga filed suit Nov. 25 against production outfit North Six and set designer Nicholas Des Jardins after the company came under fire for an ad showing paperwork from a Supreme Court case that upheld part of a federal child pornography law.In its initial filing, Balenciaga claimed North Six and Des Jardins’ “inexplicable acts and omissions were malevolent or, at the very least, extraordinarily reckless.
Set designer Nicholas Des Jardins, photographed here in December 2021, was the subject of a Balenciaga lawsuit the company has decided to drop.The Post reached out to North Six and Des Jardins for comment. Representatives for both had previously denied they were responsible for the campaign’s disturbing details.
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