Court OKs request to reveal Diet Madison Ave members
The Los Angeles Superior Court accepted the request of a subpeona filed by Ralph Watson's legal team to reveal the members of anonymous whistleblowing group Diet Madison Ave.
DMA may be exposed after a judge OK'd a request for subpeona to reveal members of the anonymous whistleblowers
Watson had filed the suit in late May, months after it was revealed that he had exited his post as chief creative at Crispin Porter + Bogusky. Diet Madison Ave's Instagram account had posted accusatory messages and allegations of sexual misconduct before the revelation through the platform's stories feature.
Judge Monica Bachner had allowed Watson's legal counsel to issue subpoenas to Instagram, Facebook and Gmail to identify the group of at least 17 individuals.
The contents of the message: “Ralph Watson. The women that you targeted & groomed (like all predators do), because they were young & just starting out their careers...the women that you assumed would stay quiet are stronger than you ever gave them credit for. And their voices have created a timeline. Going back years. Corroborated stories. Spanning across multiple agencies. And even continents."
Backlash against the group and its Instagram account had caused the once-prolific post to shut down in recent months as the lawsuit took shape.
Watson has also sued MDC Partners and CP+B for unlawful termination, with both holding group and agency filing motions to dismiss. CP+B just earlier in the week announced the return of co-founder Alex Bogusky.