Summary
The man known as "Dr. Phil" to television audiences has become the target of a class action lawsuit, filed by attorney Henry Rossbacher, who alleges that Dr. Phil misled consumers with phony claims he made about a line of dietary supplements called Shape Up! that he endorsed.
Original source:
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/371844p-316267c.html
Details
- "Dr. Phil" McGraw admits in damning E-mails he had "no expertise" in making the line of diet products he endorsed and is being sued for.
- Nutrition supplements, shakes and energy bars after asking for "the strongest of disclaimers" in the products' ads.
- His concerns, detailed in E-mail printouts contained in court records and obtained by the Daily News, may come back to haunt him in the class-action fraud suit filed by angry users of the diet line.
- Ads and packaging promised the products could "help you change your behavior to take control of your weight" and "control eating impulses."
- Those claims were "deceptive and fraudulent," the suit alleges.
- Dr. Phil - the top-rated TV show host who bolted to fame as the best-selling author of "The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom" - denies the accusations.
- "It's a pretty silly claim," his Dallas lawyer, Bill Dawson, said.
- CSA stopped selling the products early last year when faced with a Federal Trade Commission probe into false-advertising allegations.
- I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS THAT RICHARDS WAS NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE AND THEN PRESSURE ME FOR CONTENT AND REACTION....
- THEY NEED TO REDO THE ONE THAT SAYS I CREATED THESE PRODUCTS B/C I HAVE NO EXPERTISE....," he wrote.
- "With regards to the brochure, we want the STRONGEST of disclaimers and instructions about consulting physicians.
- ASSUME a litigation in our future, and put on the warning label what we would want if we were having to defend ourselves," he wrote on July 19.
- In a message about a marketing plan to link the Web site of Shape Up!
- When told that Sam's Club and Wal-Mart wanted him to speak at their annual management meetings on Aug. 17, 2003, Dr. Phil balked.
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