Rams star Cooper Kupp rips Balenciaga over children's 'BDSM' ad campaign

Injured Los Angeles Rams receiver Cooper Kupp recently attacked luxury fashion brand Balenciaga at a photo shoot with a child holding a teddy bear dressed in a BDSM outfit.

The Super Bowl LVI MVP released a statement on social media on Saturday: ‘To try to be a voice for our children who rely on the safety of the men and women they were entrusted with to raise and raise: Please prepare yourself. Aware of the attack against our youth by @balenciaga, and make sure he is held accountable.

‘Those of us in positions of power to change the way companies manipulate people and advertise evil, please stand up!’

Globally renowned Spanish fashion house Balenciaga, which dresses the likes of Kim Kardashian and Nicole Kidman, apologized for an adult-themed children’s photo shoot. The company also filed a $25 million lawsuit against the producers who came up with the ad campaign.

Perhaps even more bizarrely, a Twitter user discovered that one of the photos in a different shoot contained an excerpt from the 2008 US Supreme Court opinion in United States v. Williams, which struck down part of a federal child pornography law. was retained.

The decision determined that an offer or request to transfer, sell, distribute, or trade child pornography did not violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, even if the person charged under the code did not actually possess child pornography. with whom business can be done. The late Justice Antonin Scalia specifically noted that offers to engage in illegal transactions are expressly excluded from First Amendment protection.

Balenciaga issued a statement on Tuesday apologizing for both photoshoots and suggested they would take legal action against anyone else involved.

The statement said: ‘We sincerely apologize for any offense caused by our holiday campaign. Our plush beer bags should not have been shown in this campaign with children. We have immediately removed the campaign from all platforms.

‘We apologize for displaying disturbing documents in our campaign. We take this matter very seriously and are pursuing legal action against the parties responsible for creating sets for our Spring 23 campaign photoshoot and including disapproved items. We strongly condemn child abuse in any form. We stand for the safety and well-being of children.

He later clarified in a statement to dailymail.com that neither photographer Gabriele Galimberti nor photographer Chris Maggio would be part of any legal action. A spokesperson said they would be suing the creatives who were hired for the Spring 23 collection photos.

Balenciaga told DailyMail.com: ‘Balenciaga is not pursuing any legal action against photographer Gabriele Galimberti of the holiday campaign, which featured the child holding the teddy bear bag.

‘Gabriel Galimberti was in no way involved in the Spring 23 campaign, which included troubling documents in an office.’

Galimberti has since claimed that the images were part of a series called ‘Toy Stories,’ he wrote on his Instagram page.

Kupp, 29, is a former third-round pick who has developed into one of the NFL’s premiere receivers. He was named MVP for February’s Super Bowl victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, but was placed on injured reserve on November 15 due to ankle problems.