The lawsuit says the HFPA members were promised lifetime Golden Globes tickets and voting privileges, along with other perks, which Penske reneged on by attaching unworkable conditions. The Golden Globes, long treasured as a glitzy, champagne-soaked opening of Hollywood's awards season, has had a turbulent 2020s full of lawsuits and public controversies. The lawsuit claims that Boehly and Penske “surreptitiously instigated” the boycott and used Penske's publications to fuel it. “This latest act of duplicity is a new low, even for the HFPA,” the Golden Globes statement said in response. “The attempt by former HFPA members to leverage the Golden Globe Foundation, an independent nonprofit, simply to secure Golden Globes tickets is an unfortunate distraction that inappropriately diverts resources from legitimate charitable causes.”