January 7th, 2007
The marketers of Anna Nicole Smith’s employer, TrimSpa, will pay a $1.5 Million Dollar fine to defray FTC claims that their weight loss promises were not scientifically proven.
The company used the slogan, “TrimSpa Completely Ephedra Free Formula X32” on their products that appeared on television, radio and print media. One of their testimonials displayed in their advertisements, was Anna’s testimonial that claimed that the celebrity lost almost seventy pounds in eight months by using the product. The Federal Trade Commission has order the marketers of TrimSpa, Goen Technologies Corp., Nutramenerica Corp., TrimSpa, Inc. and Alexander Szynalski (a.k.a Alexander Goen) based in Whippany, N.J, to pay the $1.5 million.
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Anna Nicole & Trimspa
LOS ANGELES (February 6, 2007) -- Anna Nicole Smith and TrimSpa Inc. have been sued in a class-action lawsuit alleging their marketing of a weight-loss pill is false or misleading.
Janet Luna and three people identified as her guardians were named in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The lawsuit alleges deceptive business practices and a violation of California's unfair competition law.
They are asking for unspecified damages, restitution and an injunction preventing Smith and New Jersey-based TrimSpa, maker of TrimSpa X32, from making claims that users of the pills can lose substantial amounts of weight.
Smith, 39, has endorsed TrimSpa and is a spokeswoman.
Messages left with Joseph Farzam, an attorney for the plaintiff, and Ron Rale, Smith's lawyer, weren't immediately returned early Tuesday.
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission announced TrimSpa would pay $1.5 million to settle allegations that the diet-products company's weight-loss claims were unsubstantiated.
TrimSpa released a statement following the announcement saying it supported actions to clean up the weight-loss industry, but disputed the federal agency's allegation that a handful of TrimSpa advertisements that ran in 2003 and 2004 had insufficient substantiation.
TrimSpa also disagreed with any inference that its X32 product has no scientific support.
Anna Nicole Smith, TrimSpa sued over diet ads - MSNBC
Updated: 2:35 p.m. CT Feb 7, 2007
LOS ANGELES - Anna Nicole Smith and the diet products company TrimSpa Inc. have been sued in a class-action lawsuit alleging their marketing of a weight loss pill is false or misleading.
Anna Nicole Smith, Trimspa, and the Lawsuit filed the week before her death
The Whippany-based maker of TrimSpa X32 and Anna Nicole Smith, the weight-loss pill's celebrity endorser, have been sued again for allegedly making false or misleading claims.
These lawsuits makes me believe even more than before that ANS has gastric bypass surgery. They must KNOW that Trimspa wasn't the reason behind her weightloss and Trimspa will settle out of court to keep that from being revealed.