Read more Warning over popular drink after mother-of-two develops organ damage Lucy Parker, 35, from Perth in Australia blamed her three-times-a-day Red Bull habit, equivalent to consuming 81g of ...

Plaintiff Benjamin Careathers claimed he had been drinking Red Bull since 2002 before filing the lawsuit in 2013 in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York.

LONDON -- Energy drink Red Bull, whose sales have climbed to over 1 billion cans a year, is facing scrutiny from health authorities that could clip the wings of the high-flying beverage.