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Apparently, Red Bull's marketing and promotion, including its well-know tagline, "Red Bull Gives You Wings," is misleading. Or at least that's what a class-action suit leveled against the energy drink company is claiming.
In 2013, Benjamin Careathers filed a claim with the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York alleging that Red Bull misrepresented the energy drink’s abilities to boost performance and reaction speed. Honestly, ff you thought for a second that pouring up Red Bull was going to give you super-human abilities, then you're goddamn idiot. But apparently United States legislation makes room for morons.
The lawsuit states, "Even though there is a lack of genuine scientific support for a claim that Red Bull branded energy drinks provide any more benefit to a consumer than a cup of coffee, the Red Bull defendants persistently and pervasively market their product as a superior source of ‘energy’ worthy of a premium price over a cup of coffee or other sources of caffeine. Such deceptive conduct and practices mean that [Red Bull’s] advertising and marketing is not just ‘puffery,’ but is instead deceptive and fraudulent and is therefore actionable.”
Redbull responded to this suit in legal documents stating, "Red Bull denies any and all wrongdoing or liability and maintains that its marketing and labeling have always been entirely truthful and accurate.” Despite this declaration that they’ve done absolutely nothing wrong, they still agreed to pay over $13 for the settlement.
Red Bull isn't asking for proof of purchase for those who want reap the rewards of the ridiculous lawsuit. The only require is that the applicants have had purchased atleast one Red Bull energy drink betwen January 1, 2002 and October 3rd, 2014... So, basically every human in the country. Don't get too excited, as they aren't forking over tons of cash, instead providing $10 to $15 dollar worth of Red Bull product. We're not sure why they chose to bow to the wims of one simple-minded, disgruntled Red Bull consumer, but they probably have more important things to worry about. Like getting dudes to hop off of the planet.