Erik "Mystery" von Markovic is getting sued -- and it ain't for ANY of the things you're thinking of.
The complaint alleges that [The Pickup Artist] elevated the stature of host/"seduction guru"/co-defendant Erik "Mystery" von Markovic and the show's website linked to the website of co-defendant Venusian Arts Corporation, an online seduction "affiliate" who possibly paid a 25% commission of its sales back to Viacom. Together, the arrangement "tilted the balance of the internet seduction advice industry so in favor of Defendants Mystery and VAC...that their market share of and control over this relevant market approaches that of a monopoly."
"Hold up, Remote Island -- some guy is suing Mystery because he's supposed to have gone all Wal-mart on this guy's corner store seduction classes or something?"
Yeah, that's it. That's it exactly.
What are we supposed to do with that? Who do we root for? Besides the sun, which hopefully will get a 5 billion year jump on things, jump start its solar death, and kill us all.