After 15 years, a court case in Italy in which WKU and multiple other parties accused an Italian media company of plagiarizing WKU's Big Red mascot has been revisited, according to ESPN’s Darren Rovell.
The highest court in Italy has published its decision affirming the merits of the plagiarism suit filed by Big Red's creator, Ralph Carey.
According to previous reporting from the College Heights Herald, WKU had initially sued in 2003, seeking $250 million from the media company Mediaset and Antonio Ricci, who had created a character named Gabibbo that shared similar physical traits to Big Red.