Blue aliens, multiple lives and class actions: Louisville’s Gaia faces host of legal issues

This story first ran on BusinessDen.com, a BizWest news partner,

LOUISVILLE — As 2022 turns to 2023, Gaia, the large Louisville-based streaming service facing two class action lawsuits, has agreed to pay a $2 million federal fine while being accused of copyright and patent violations.

In one case, Gaia is defending itself against a former host who claims to have met benevolent blue aliens when he was 6. Gaia is countersuing that same host, accusing him of defaming the company by calling it full of Lucifer-loving cannibal pedophiles.

In another case, Gaia is accused of stealing an idea for a documentary about…