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'Biggest Loser': Jillian Michaels may have to eat her words
Talk about news that's not all that hard for to swallow.
Turns out that "The Biggest Loser" star Jillian Michaels' Maximum Strength Calorie Control dietary supplement may not work. You know, the product that claims you can lose weight by taking two pills and eating anything you want, even cake?
According to documents in a class action law suit filed in L.A. County Superior Court, the dietary supplement is "worthless."
The lawyer who filed the suit, Melissa Harnett, tells TMZ, "Sadly, Michaels has decided to exploit her fame and goodwill by collaborating with Thin Care and Basic Research to promote a weight loss supplement that purportedly will cause weight loss by itself, without any additional effort on the part of the consumer."
The suit asks for an injunction prohibiting further sale of the product, plus damages.
Did anyone try this product and did it work?
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Jillian got greedy and did a bad gig
she should apologize and pay back.. her upfront fee and all royalites
and apologize to all for letting greed get to her head and heart
Gonna be hard to take her seriously
Because of government pressure to allow con artists to pose as supplement sales people, unfortunately the only way to bring these people to justice is to launch a private lawsuit.
The connection of Jillian Michaels to Basic Research and their long list of legal problems has been known for awhile, but that story is still a good read.
The suit even goes after Dr. Nathalie Chevreau... It is about time. There is a lot of information on the internet about this group. How Jillian Michaels ever got involved with them is beyond me.
the person bringing the class action lawsuit is an idiot. She said The commercials made it sound like you could take two magic pills a day and eat as much chocolate as you want.
What freaking MORON actually thinks that? Whoever believes that deserves to be fat slobs because they have IQs of negative 1.
The commercial doesn't say, take two pills and pig out, and I guarantee you on the bottle it states "along with a healthy diet and regular exercise".
This is a baseless lawsuit. My best friend takes these pills along with her normal diet and exercise program and it's helped her lose 10lbs so far.
There's no miracle pill for weight loss... only supplements that help diets along. but you have to actually diet and exercise or they are as good as sugar pills.
This is a frivolous suit, brought by a person who obviously can't read and who has zero common sense. Would be nice to see a counter-suit on this one.