Satanic Temple Taking Legal Action Against Netflix Over Statue Used In Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Bloody Disgusting reports that The Satanic Temple is taking legal action against Netflix over the statue of the Dark Lord in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which they say is too close to their own statue of Baphomet. The organization is based in Salem, Massachusetts and they aren’t fans of the new series. The show’s statue is shown at the Academy of Unseen Arts.

Lucien Greaves, co-founder and spokesperson, wrote on Twitter: “Yes, we are taking legal action regarding #TheChillingAdventuresofSabrina appropriating our copyrighted monument design to promote their asinine Satanic Panic fiction. I’m amazed that anybody is confused as to why we would seek legal remedy over Sabrina using our monument. Would they be as understanding of a fictional show that used a real mosque as the HQ of a terrorist cell? A fictional Blood Libel tale implicating real world Jews? I want them to take it out. It looks like it’s a CGI facsimile to begin with. I don’t know how much work that takes, but I simply refuse to have our monument used in this way in perpetuity. I don’t want our monument to be associated with this.”

For purposes of comparison… pic.twitter.com/AZJvmq1Cks

— Lucien Greaves (@LucienGreaves) October 30, 2018

Meanwhile, the Church of Satan doesn’t seem as bothered by the portrayal of Satan worship in the series. They released a statement on Twitter which reads: “Some of our members are watching it and as might be expected, some enjoy it and others find it not to their tastes. The shows depicts a fictional Devil worship organization, and witches who are not neo-pagans, so mileage varies amongst our folks who care enough to view it. We aren’t a collective, but a varied cabal of individuals. To each his own!“