Kevin Trudeau Banned From Making Infomercials
…at least for the next three years. According to the FTC:
A federal judge has banned Kevin Trudeau from infomercials in which he has an interest for three years and ordered him to pay more than $5 million in profits from his book, “The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About.” The ruling confirms an earlier contempt finding against Trudeau – the second time he has been found in contempt of court in the past four years.
In August, Judge Robert W. Gettleman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois stood by his conclusion in 2007 that Trudeau “clearly, and no doubt intentionally,” violated a provision of a 2004 stipulated court order that prohibits Trudeau from misrepresenting the content of books in his infomercials. The judge stated that “the Infomercial[s] falsely and intentionally led thousands (probably hundreds of thousands) of consumers to believe that the Weight Loss Book would describe an ‘easy,’ ’simple’ protocol that, once ‘finished’ would allow the consumer to ‘eat anything’ he or she wants.”
It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy (insert sarcasm).
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Paul on 07 Oct 2008 at 7:05 pm #
There should be a picture of this guy beside the word “charlatan” in the concise Oxford dictionary. And there’s no one in the world who spins an underlying paranoia of vast governmental and medical conspiracies into cash more effectively. FTC ruling or not, I’ll bet Kevin’s account in the Caymans is in pretty good shape.
You Don't Tug on Superman's Cape... on 12 Feb 2010 at 6:24 am #
[...] And he’s none too happy with our good buddy, infomercial scam artiste and all-around shyster Kevin Trudeau. [...]