2016 , Italian antiquities dealership Phoenix Ancient Art sued The Getty and its director, Timothy Potts , for 950,000 , alleging they had cut it out of an arrangement to "secure rights to" or display sculptures owned by Getty 's Torlonia family. The Getty denied any such agreement existed and said it had “declined the [offered] acquisition and In 2015, Phoenix says in its complaint, the Getty “feigned” a lack of interest in pursuing a deal but worked behind Phoenix’s back to arrange to show some Torlonia sculptures, using information the museum had agreed to keep confidential. the objects were later transferred to the Swiss government”. In the filing, Getty ’s legal troubles with Italy are outlined.
2016 , Italian antiquities dealership Phoenix Ancient Art sued The Getty and its director, Timothy Potts , for 950,000 , alleging they had cut it out of an arrangement to "secure rights to" or display sculptures owned by Getty 's Torlonia family. The Getty denied any such agreement existed and said it had “declined the [offered] acquisition and the objects were later transferred to the Swiss government”. In the filing, Getty ’s legal troubles with Italy are outlined.