Madison Square Garden sues Wired for ‘defamatory’ celebrity tracking claims
The legendary venue accused the publication of 'cherrypicking' fragments of data to "manufacture a false narrative" about its customer relations practices
News By Ciaran Donnelly | 20 July 2026
New York’s Madison Square Garden (MSG) is suing news outlet Wired for defamation over an article alleging the venue kept a list of LGBTIQ+ celebrities for discriminatory purposes.
The suit relates to an article published by Wired on 9 July, titled ‘Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities’, which cites alleged data entries on a customer relationship management (CRM) platform it said is used by MSG, to claim that around 400 celebrities were assigned “risk scores”, among…
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