A lady is taking legal action against McDonald’s after declaring she was seduced by an advert for a cheeseburger which required her to break her vegetarianism.
Russian Ksenia Ovchinnikova has actually submitted a claim versus the junk food giant since she was not able to withstand a promo throughout Lent.
The devout Christian had actually chosen to quit meat for the 40 days prior to Easter and declares McDonald’s marketing made this difficult.
While strolling through the city centre of Omsk throughout Lent 2019, she saw a promo for cheeseburgers and McNuggets.
After not consuming any meat for around a month, she stated she was helpless to withstand any longer and without delay feasted on a cheeseburger, later on regretting it.
She’s looking for settlement for simply RUB 1,000, the equivalent of £10, according to regional media.
Her declaration declares: ‘At this point, the promotion had been running for about a month. After I saw the ad, I couldn’t aid myself, I checked out McDonald’s and purchased a cheeseburger.
‘I see a violation of the law on consumer protection. I have asked the court to investigate and, if a violation has taken place, to force McDonald’s to compensate me for ethical damages totaling up to RUB 1,000.’
Zamoskvoretsky Court in Russia has actually validated that it has actually gotten her claim.
‘The court received a claim from Ksenia Ovchinnikova, the defendant of which is McDonald’s’, the court informed Tass News in a declaration.
‘Currently, the date of the preliminary hearing on this claim has not yet been set,’ the court included.
Before the promo, Ms Ovchinnikova declared she had actually effectively fasted over Lent for 16 years.
She declares McDonald’s and others shouldn’t be permitted to promote throughout Lent, while Christians are trying to stay away.
But a representative for the Bishop of Moscow – referred to as the Patriarchate – has actually advised the female to ‘go to confession instead of court’ over the occurrence.
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