Enhanced Games lawsuit canned

November 20, 2025

The groundbreaking and much-maligned Aron D’Souza project received a legal hit on Monday, as Manhattan judge Jesse Furman tossed its legal claim asking for $800 million-worth (€694m) compensation from the three international sports organisations, which it accused of exercising monopoly power over worldwide swimming competitions.

“Enhanced Games fails to allege that bylaw 10, contrary to its plain language, automatically applies to every elite, international swimming competition,” the United States District Judge explained in a 33-page order granting World Aquatics, USA Swimming and the World Anti-Doping Agency’s motion to dismiss after D’Souza’s operation had argued that the former’s June rule excluded participants of sporting events embracing banned substances from partaking in international swimming competitions. “Instead, the only events bylaw 10 conditions access to are those elite, international swimming competitions hosted by World Aquatics, which Enhanced itself concedes do not constitute the entirety of the market,” the text concluded. inside the games