Trudeau To Respond To FTC Charges

9 Ball Girl

aka Wendy
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From the Billiards Digest homepage:

Kevin Trudeau, facing charges from the Federal Trade Commission that he is in contempt of a 2004 court order, will submit his response to the U.S. District Court in the coming days, according to Trudeau's attorney David Bradford.

"The charges are without merit, and the commercials are protected by the First Amendent,? said Bradford. "Everything in the commercial is an accurate statement about the books."

In a court brief dated Sept. 13, the FTC charges Trudeau with knowingly making false statements about his book, ?The Weight Loss Cure ?They? Don?t Want You to Know About.? According to the brief, Trudeau claims in three infomercials promoting the book that the diet program is ?easy? and allows people to eat ?everything they want? upon completion.

Following a 2003 dispute with the FTC for making unsubstantiated claims about health products, Trudeau agreed to a permanent injunction that barred him from producing or appearing in any infomercials, with a narrow exception for those relating to informational books ? as long as he doesn?t misrepresent the content. He also paid a $2 million fine, without an admission of guilt or wrongdoing.

?Now, we are charging that he is in contempt, that he?s breaking that injunction,? said FTC representative Jackie Dizdul.

According to the FTC, many of the activities associated with Trudeau?s diet regiment are in fact quite arduous. In various phases of the program, consumers are required to take intramuscular injections of a prescription drug not approved for weight loss in the U.S., undergo 15 colonics in a month-long period, and adhere to substantial life-long dietary and behavioral restrictions.

Trudeau first faced charges from the FTC in 1998 alleging that he made misleading statements in infomercials for various health products. As a result, Trudeau agreed to an order barring him from making any ?unsubstantiated claims about the benefits, performance, or efficacy of any product.?

A New York Times best-seller, ?The Weight Loss Cure? outlines a four-phase program. Though Trudeau claims you can eat whatever you want once you complete the diet, the fourth step is for the rest of your life, making the diet impossible to finish, according to the FTC.

Bradford said that he plans to submit a response to the FTC's charges in the coming days. From there, Bradford speculated oral arguments may begin in October before a trial would begin, though no further court action is scheduled.
 
The guy makes me sick. He's such a sleezy salesman its rediculous. How many people does he have to cheat before they put the screw to him?
 
Thanks for the update 9 Ball Girl. Your like thorn in KT's As* urr side. Johnnyt
 
The next Trudough book will be out soon. Entitled "Fat Dogs Can Fly".......
on an airplane!
 
I heard his next book he writes will be TEN THINGS NOT TO DO IN JAIL. #1) Never, never bend over:eek: , #2)..... Johnnyt
 
"Secret pool playing techniques they don't want you to know about."

(Guaranteed to dramatically improve your pool skills with no practice, with a guaranteed increase of $10,000 a year from tournaments and gambling)
 
Johnnyt said:
I heard his next book he writes will be TEN THINGS NOT TO DO IN JAIL. #1) Never, never bend over:eek: , #2)..... Johnnyt

LOL - A wise man once told me, "Never fight naked in jail".:)
 
9 Ball Girl said:
LOL. I'm in love with Pesci!!!!

A lot of people say I look and act like him. Was my name in a lot of poolrooms in Florida. Not sure how it was meant...good or bad. Johnnyt
 
Though Trudeau claims you can eat whatever you want once you complete the diet, the fourth step is for the rest of your life, making the diet impossible to finish, according to the FTC.

What a conman. I hope the FTC stay on him like this donkey does to this mountain lion:
http://frostfirezoo.com/a-true-bad-ass
 
"Debt Cures They Don't Want You to Know About" , except that one is for real, I just saw his infomercial on it. How to avoid credit card scams and credit card charges, how to get out of financial debt...

Unvelievable...
Kelly
 
I heard Trudeau's next book will be "What the BCA Doesn't Want You to Know About Backhand English"
 
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