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TrimSpa Settles Fat Suit

One of Anna Nicole Smith's last lawsuits has finally been put to rest.

TMZ has learned that the company that makes TrimSpa, the diet product that Anna Nicole Smith so famously pimped and then infamously dissed in favor of Slim-Fast, has settled a class action lawsuit over allegations of false and misleading advertising.

TrimSpa has agreed to correct errors in the labeling and advertising of TrimSpa X32 -- Anna's "signature" product -- but has not admitted any wrongdoing in the settlement. Aggrieved users can go to www.trimspasettlement.com and get a buck per bottle of X32, a free bottle of another product, and a $5 coupon for any TrimSpa product.




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16. 9. Good work done by the Executor of ANS's Estate I would imagine.

Posted at 2:31PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Only swim in the Ocean

Nonsense. If Stern would have negotiated the contract properly, she would never have even been named in the suit in the first place. If she hadn't died, there would have been no way to prove she didn't lose the weight with Trim Spa.

Posted at 2:45PM on Jul 11th 2007 by chalkoutline

17. 16. FYI,,,,,,,,,, 'only swim on the ocean' poster is HOWARD STERN THE thief HIMSELF !!,

his witchy looking sister BONNIE also uses the same nane.

Posted at 2:38PM on Jul 11th 2007 by ANN\\\'AS EXECUTOR DID CRAP !! HE IS A THIEF HIMSELF!

You're delusional. :-)
Only I post with this name and I'm not a woman.
Get a grip!

Posted at 2:44PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Only swim in the Ocean

18. Shan........I'm glad to see that it worked for you.....But I lost 2 pounds in two months on trimspa. What a joke. I quit using it and ended up loosing more weight wo it. Funny how different things work on different people huh?

Posted at 2:52PM on Jul 11th 2007 by brijett

19. Only swim in the ocean:

You rock! Keep 'em coming ~ you drive the weirdos here nuts!

Posted at 3:05PM on Jul 11th 2007 by mama luke

20. New Jersey Settles Suit Against TrimSpa Distributor

TRENTON, N.J.—Dietarysupplement distributor Goen Technologies will pay restitution to customers dupedby a bait-and-switch advertising scheme designed to sell dietary supplementsmarketed for weight loss. Under the terms of the settlement, Goen, the distributor ofTrimSpa and other products, agreed to revise its marketing practices and torecompense customers who filed complaints with the Division of Consumer Affairs.The company also will pay the state $750,000 under terms of the agreement andwill be required in future marketing practices to disclose whether anysupplements are recommended as a part of its seminars, according to the AttorneyGeneral’s Office.

According to a release from the New Jersey Office of theAttorney General, the suit was filed in 2003 by Attorney General Peter C. Harvey on behalf of customers who bought into a veiledattempted to boost sales of Goen supplements. Advertisements encouraged viewersto pay $59.99 for hypnosis-based seminars designed to help participants lose asmuch as 120 pounds a year or stop smoking, then pitched dietary supplementsmarketed for weight loss, including then ephedra-based “TrimSpa,” an earlierrelease from the Attorney General’s Office stated.

“When [Goen] analyzed the potential costs involved indefending what [it] believes is a litigation without merit, the company made thereasonable business decision to resolve the lawsuit, as costs of this litigationwould have significantly exceeded the amount the Company paid under the terms ofthe settlement,” said Alex Goen, chief executive officer (CEO), in a release.

The terms of the settlement “have no impact” on Goen andthe products it is currently marketing, according to its release. “The bottomline is that the settlement requires [Goen] to do nothing different than it ispresently doing in its advertising or product development,” said Goen. “The company’s internal practices and policies ensure thatthe company is delivering only the very best to consumers, which is underscoredby the fact that X32 and the company’s two newest products, TrimSpa Ultra andTrimSpa Energy, are backed by IRB-approved double blinded, placebo controlledclinical studies.”

Posted at 3:06PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Cousin Duffelbags

21. 21. Only swim in the ocean:

You rock! Keep 'em coming ~ you drive the weirdos here nuts!

Posted at 3:05PM on Jul 11th 2007 by mama luke

Thank you! :-)

Posted at 3:10PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Only swim in the Ocean

22. Methinks TMZ didn't release the whole story. Has nothing to do with ANS now that she is deceased. Her name is removed from this settlement.

Posted at 3:10PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Cousin Duffelbags

23.
Where is our "friend' Alex Katz, the gay porn movie mongrel?

What was his part in the fiasco at the Hard Rock when Anna died?

Hey Alex, you FORGOT your medicine. Opps.......I forgot, they were giving Anna his meds.......hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Posted at 3:13PM on Jul 11th 2007 by ALL ARE LIARS & THIEVES

24. #2 you make me laugh. When are people going to realize that eating healthy & exercise is the ONLY way to loose weight!

Posted at 5:23PM on Jul 11th 2007 by jennilyn

25.

Yes, let the inquest begin ! This article is not important, lets not forget what is.

INQUSET, INQUEST, INQUEST

Posted at 3:16PM on Jul 11th 2007 by AppleJack

26. #26. Posted at 3:13PM on Jul 11th 2007 by STERN STILL A DOUBLE MURDERER.

Your anti-jew, anti-gay comments are unacceptable.

Posted at 3:16PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Only swim in the Ocean

27. i think the bazillion other pills she was on might have been an influence in anna nicole's weight maintenance.

Posted at 3:22PM on Jul 11th 2007 by pill poppy

28. HK$ IS GOING TO JAIL..........HE KNOWS IT

DR. DEATH IS GOING TO JAIL...........SHE KNOWS IT

ALEX GOEN and all his other 20 names is trying to stay out of jail

Walter Szynalski
Alex Sznalski
Alex Goen Szynalski
et al

ALEX KATZ IS trying to stay out of jail.

NAVARROKATZ, ALEX H
KATZ, ALEX
NAVARRO, KATZ ALEX
NAVARRO, ALEX H
CATZ, ALEX
et al

There will be others going DOWN in this one. Wait until the end of the month and remember I told you first ~

Posted at 3:22PM on Jul 11th 2007 by The TRUTH is Out There

29. So suck it up moron STERNOID!

Posted at 3:21PM on Jul 11th 2007 by STERN STILL A DOUBLE MURDERER.

LOL... only a real moron would attempt to label me a sternoid. aha ha ha

Back under your rock, I say!

Posted at 3:23PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Only swim in the Ocean

30. Ummm FYI not like it really matters but she died on February 8th not 9th.


Have a great day

Posted at 2:29PM on Jul 12th 2007 by Aubrey

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