Posted on 08/07/2026 11:50:23 AM PDT by DFG
Just a month before Taylor Fresh Foods began grappling with a sweeping multi-state lettuce recall, the Salinas-based company filed a civil lawsuit against one of its former presidents and his wife, accusing the couple of a yearslong, $32 million embezzlement operation.
According to the lawsuit, filed June 5 in federal court, Brian Thure, the former president of a Taylor Fresh Foods subsidiary in Tennessee, allegedly spent millions of dollars in company money on unauthorized purchases, including a UC Berkeley endowment, a luxury home in Hawaii and a 400-acre ranch in Humboldt County. Brian Thure’s wife, Julie Thure, was also named in the lawsuit, along with MTS Building and Electrical, an alleged unregistered sham contractor that the couple allegedly used to funnel stolen money and the contractor’s principal.
The alleged scheme spanned approximately four years, Taylor Fresh Foods said in the lawsuit, as Brian purportedly used fraudulent vendor charges, payroll, reimbursements, company credit cards, construction projects and company entities for his benefit. Brian, who served as president from 2012 to March 2026, also allegedly used his position to bribe other employees to stay quiet about “irregularities for his personal benefit,” the lawsuit read.
The company said it became aware of the alleged fraud after an IRS audit in early 2025, where the agency raised “concerns” about MTS and “other questionable reimbursement practices” at the company’s Tennessee subsidiary. Taylor Fresh Foods launched its own investigation, which revealed a “multi-year fraudulent scheme,” the company said.
Taylor Fresh Foods accused the couple of dozens of purchases, such as using $1 million to fund the “Brian and Julie Thure Right Tackle Endowment” at UC Berkeley,” where Brian played football before he joined the NFL. A UC Berkeley news release about the gift was later taken down, according to the lawsuit.
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On Open Secrets it shows corporate giving of about $15k to Dems in the 2024 cycle, and $472k to Republicans.
Here’s a different angle from Fox40.com:
According to campaign contribution records from the Federal Election Commission, Taylor Farms has donated more than $3.8 million to conservative-aligned groups this decade.
Just last year, the company made two million-dollar donations: $1 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund, which supports Republican candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, and $1 million for MAGA Inc., a super PAC that supports Trump.
Additionally, CEO and founder Bruce Taylor has donated more than $1 million himself to Republican-aligned PACs over the past two decades.
Neither Taylor Farms nor the FDA responded to FOX40’s requests for comment.
Thanks but what I wanted was someone to continue production of new episodes of the two shows.
once you seen one you seen them all
I had to stop watching the SVU series; they got too graphic.
I think the cast loves that perverted stuff And I never thought Mariska was not all that
Put her in a blonde wig and she looks just like her mom.
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