*A judge has ordered Martin Shkreli to hand over all copies of the rare Wu-Tang Clan album, “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,” by Friday.
This ruling comes after an NFT collective, which purchased the original album, sued Shkreli, known as “Pharma Bro,” for allegedly distributing copies to his friends. Shkreli claims he made several copies of the album that he bought at auction in 2015 for $2 million, and hid them “in safes around the world.”
A judge has ruled that Shkreli must hand over all copies after the NFT collective PleasrDAO, which now owns the album, sued him. The company alleged that Shkreli streamed the album during a listening party on social media. Shkreli must now surrender the copies to his attorney within the week. Per Complex, Shkreli is also required to submit an affidavit stating that no additional copies exist, provide an inventory of all the copies he created, reveal the names of anyone who received a copy and disclose any money earned from distributing the album.
Shkreli was forced to surrender “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” in 2018 along with several assets to satisfy a forfeiture judgment following his securities fraud conviction. PleasrDAO acquired the Wu-Tang album three years later from the government for $4.75 million.
Wu-Tang’s Method Man revealed said the album is a touchy subject for his fellow band members.
“I don’t know. I thought it was some circus spectacle. I never really spoke to RZA about it; it’s an uncomfortable subject to most of the guys, so we don’t really discuss it too much,” he told Vanity Fair.
The rapper also clarified that Wu-Tang was not involved in the album’s “process.”
“We were never told what it was,” Method Man said. “It was never supposed to be a Wu-Tang album. We were recording and being paid to do a certain amount of records by a guy whose name I don’t want to mention.”
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