Judge rules in favor of Nike to halt sales of Lil Nas X's “Satan Shoes”

Miikka Skaffari/Getty ImagesThe “Satan Shoes” saga continues.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a federal judge has ordered Lil Nas X’s controversial sneaker collaboration with design company MSCHF to be pulled off the market.

The limited-edition devil-themed Nike Air Max 97s quickly sold out after being released earlier this week and Nike, who did not authorize the shoes, just as swiftly filed a lawsuit against MSCHF.

MSCHF argued that the shoes are art and that consumers aren’t being misled into thinking the shoes were a sanctioned Nike product, but Nike’s lawyers countered that they had “submitted evidence