By John Glenday

British cartoon show Peppa Pig is being sued by an Italian woman alleging that a cartoon goat featured in the show has caused her embarrassment at work as she shares the same name.

Gabriella Capra is seeking damages of £80k from the creators of the show over its Gabriella Goat character (Capra is Italian for goat) after allegedly being subjected to a tirade of jokes in the office with colleagues bleating at her.

One offending episode, ‘Holiday in the Sun’, features the central characters, a family of pigs, on holiday in Italy whereupon they encounter Gabriella Goat.

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Source: The Drum