Yelp Suing 'South Park' For $10 Million Confirmed As Hoax; Details Released!

by Krezna de los Reyes / Oct 22, 2015 03:01 AM EDT
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A fake lawsuit news has been circling around involving South Park and Yelp.

This fake news started from a hoax webpage, which has an identical address with NBC ( NBC.com.co).  Said webpage stated that Yelp is suing South park creators. The hoax article was accidentally shown on Google listings that made San Francisco Business ate the bait. They have published the story even though the article displayed quotes from "Fappy the Anti-Masturbation Dolphin".

This major publication deleted the story however it can still be seen on Google News. Yelp sues South Park creators for finding the episode "not funny whatsoever", as reported on Mirror.

The episode was titled "You're not Yelping" that shows different characters go over restaurants, writing Yelp reviews as it would make them an authentic food critic. As shown in the episode, Yelp was even compared to ISIS, according to Eater.

A fake statement from a Yelp spokesperson was included in the article that says, "Our company, along with its millions of users, take Yelp very seriously... To say our critics are out there trying to get free food and using racist slurs on little Mexican children is beyond ridiculous." and they find it cruel that Yelp was compared with ISIS, which is a proof for libel and slander.

The fake website even made a humorous statement that the co-creators are rating the Yelp's legal action as a one-star review. It states that Yelp filed the case in an unprofessional manner and "The writing on the envelope was barely legible and in two different colors. It is our personal opinion that Yelp could do a much better job by not suing us for ten million dollars." Quoted on Eater.

After all the ridiculous fake statement and lawsuit, finally, a genuine Yelp spokesperson stated that the company has no plans against South Park because it is not true. "We have no interest in legal action against the fantastic team that makes the South Park magic happen." She told the Eater.

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