1.8 Million Awarded to Plaintiffs in Kimkins Class Action Lawsuit
From the desk of our Lawyer:
Today, October 29, 2010, Judge Rick Brown of the Riverside County Superior Court entered a verdict for the plaintiffs in a certified national class action lawsuit. The court entered a verdict against Heidi Diaz the owner of the diet website Kimkins.com for fraud and false advertising. The court awarded the class members restitution in the amount of $1,824,210.39. The court also awarded an additional $500,000 in punitive damages as well as attorney fees. The court then issued a temporary restraining order to freeze all of the assets of Ms. Diaz.
Most notably, the court also imposed an injunction requiring Heidi Diaz to post on all of her websites that: (1) she lied about her weight loss; (2) she lied about her after diet pictures; (3) she lied about testimonials on her website; and (4) she lied about the photographs used with the testimonials to promote the Kimkins website.
An injunction was also issued to prevent Heidi Diaz from contracting, harassing or cyberbulling the plaintiffs and the witnesses. A formal judgment will be entered before November 19, 2010.
The original complaint was filed over three years ago on October 15, 2007. I want to thank everyone who supported the class action lawsuit. The Ducks were wonderful. I met a lot of great people and made a lot of new friends fighting for a good cause. Heidi Diaz lied on her website and made the fatal mistake of lying in the courtroom. You cannot trust Heidi Diaz. I anticipate more legal (illegal) maneuvering by Heidi Diaz to evade the judgment. We will be prepared and I will be relentless. Again, I thank all you.
John E. Tiedt
TIEDT & HURD
Let the champagne popping begin!
Thank you all my readers for your support.
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Kimkins Class Action Lawsuit Verdict To Be Announced Friday!
After 3 long awaited years, the verdict to the lawsuit against Kimkins.com is to be announced tomorrow morning at 10:30 am at the Hawthorne satellite court of the Riverside court house in Riverside California.
Look for Court Room 2.
Court precedings began earlier this week. Class representatives flew in from all over the country to participate and testify their experiences.
The Kimkins diet advocated a low carb and low calorie diet, and was run by Heidi Diaz of Corona California. Heidi Diaz is not a certified health care professional, and used false photography to represent herself and “supposed” members of the site. Some inspiration stories were later found out to be not the experiences of real people.
In a shocking undercover video, Ms. Diaz was revealed to not be the svelte woman in the red dress as advertised on her site back in 2007. In fact, that photo was “borrowed” from a Russian bride website as well as many others.
More news to follow.
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