Amazon Audible faces class action over unauthorized subscriptions

Audible membership class action lawsuit overview:

• Who: Plaintiff Grace Sherk filed a class action lawsuit against Audible Inc.
• Why: Sherk claims Audible enrolled Amazon customers in Audible memberships without their knowledge or consent.
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in New Jersey federal court.

Audiobook producer and retailer Audible enrolled Amazon customers in memberships without their knowledge or consent, a new class action lawsuit alleges. 

Plaintiff Grace Sherk claims Audible enrolled Amazon customers in Audible memberships by using their personal information and payment methods already on file with Amazon without the customers directly providing any information to Audible.

Sherk further argues Audible failed to provide consumers with clear and conspicuous written materials confirming enrollment or notifying them of monthly charges.

“As a result, Audible obtained monies from existing Amazon customers who paid monthly fees to Audible for services that they did not know about, did not want and never used,” the Audible membership class action says. 

Sherk wants to represent a nationwide class and New York subclass of consumers who were charged by Audible for a nonconsensual enrollment during the relevant statute of limitations and who did not stream or download any content from Audible’s website or apps after the free trial subscription period.

Consumers struggled to cancel unauthorized Audible plans, class action says

Sherk argues Audible made it difficult for consumers to unsubscribe from the nonconsensual enrollments and continued to charge them across the various payment methods on file in their Amazon accounts even when they tried to unsubscribe.

“Audible made it exceedingly difficult not only for consumers to discover nonconsensual enrollment but also for them to cancel the Audible membership,” the Audible membership class action says.

Sherk claims Audible is guilty of unjust enrichment under New York and New Jersey law. She demands a jury trial and requests declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of restitution and disgorgement of unjustly obtained monies and costs and expenses.

A consumer filed a separate class action lawsuit against Audible in December 2024, alleging the company issued credits that unlawfully expire after one year, in violation of Washington state law. 

A pair of consumers also filed a class action lawsuit against Audible in 2023 over claims the company automatically charged monthly or yearly subscription fees without properly disclosing the auto-renewal.

Have you been charged for an Audible membership you did not know you signed up for? Let us know in the comments.

The plaintiff is represented by Carlos F. Ramirez, Sue J. Nam, Michael R. Reese, Kate J. Stoia and Charles D. Moore of Reese LLP.

The Audible membership class action lawsuit is Sherk v. Audible Inc., Case No. 2:25-cv-01797, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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