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MSCHF To Recall Lil Nas X’s ‘Satan Shoes’ After Reaching Settlement With Nike (Update)

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">TSR Updatez&colon; The company who partnered with Lil Nas X to create his &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Satan Shoes” will now have to issue a voluntary recall of the sneakers as part of its settlement with Nike&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The sneaker giant took MSCHF to court after it collaborated with Lil Nas X to customize the Air Max 97s that allegedly feature a drop of human blood&period; Nike claimed it in no way authorized the production and sale of the shoe and in turn&comma; sued the art collective for trademark and infringement&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Well&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;nike-gets-judge-to-halt-the-sale-of-lil-nas-xs-satan-shoes&sol;">after Nike saw a small win<&sol;a> in court last week when a judge granted the block and sale of the shoe&comma; the companies have finally settled the case&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnews&period;com&sol;business&sol;business-news&sol;nike-mschf-reach-settlement-satan-shoes-trademark-lawsuit-n1263567">NBC News<&sol;a>&comma; MSCHF will issue a voluntary recall for the shoe&comma; which was priced at &dollar;1&comma;018&period; On brand with the whole devil theme&comma; the company produced 666 pairs that sold out in less than a minute&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">MSCHF agreed to settle the lawsuit after realizing it &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;already achieved its artistic purpose&comma;” an attorney for the company told NBC News&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The shoes dropped at the same time Lil Nas X released the music video for his single &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Montero &lpar;Call Me By Your Name&rpar;&period; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">In the video&comma; Lil Nas X is seduced out of what appears to be the Garden of Eden&comma; falls into hell and gives the devil a lap dance&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With these Satan Shoes — which sold out in less than a minute — MSCHF intended to comment on the absurdity of the collaboration culture practiced by some brands&comma; and about the perniciousness of intolerance” the lawyer said&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">MSCHF will also offer a buy-back program for previously released modified Nike sneakers it called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Jesus Shoes&comma;” Nike confirmed to NBC News on Thursday&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If any purchasers were confused&comma; or if they otherwise want to return their shoes&comma; they may do so for a full refund&comma;” Nike said in a statement&comma; reaffirming that it had nothing to do with the shoes&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Purchasers who choose not to return their shoes and later encounter a product issue&comma; defect or health concern should contact MSCHF&comma; not Nike&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">click here to join&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"74424" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;mschf-to-recall-lil-nas-xs-satan-shoes-after-reaching-settlement-with-nike-update&sol;" data-secure&equals;"edb4cef2ba"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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