Meghan Markle confirmed she invested in Clevr Blends SuperLattes in 2020. Docs show the brand was targeted by serial litigators over California's Prop 65. READ MORE:The trendy coffee brand that Meghan Markle invested in was targeted by a group that issued a violation notice and threatened to take legal action over 'toxic chemicals' allegedly found in its products.
It allows private citizens, advocacy groups and attorneys to sue on behalf of the state 'acting in the public interest'. Moore's ex-husband Kenneth 'Randy' Moore owns SPFC and they are reportedly serial filers when it comes to Prop 65, with the LA Times stating in 2020 that SPFC had filed over 100 Prop 65 lawsuits and made nearly $700,000 in legal fees.In an email statement to DailyMail.com, Moore said: 'SPFC and Clevr Blends are both bound by a confidentiality agreement, which covers all communications and any exchange of information between them.
Additional documents obtained by DailyMail.com show the violation notice was withdrawn in October 2021, presumably after the two parties had found a resolutionA legal spokesperson for Clevr Blends released its own statement, saying: 'Product quality and safety is Clevr Blends' top priority. In 2017, Moore, ex Randy and his brother Ronald were sued by Fatemah Saniefar – whose pizzeria had been originally been sued by Ronald – in a case that was dismissed by a judge under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, saying they were 'part of a criminal enterprise that uses fraudulent ADA actions, predicated on false allegations of disability, injury and standing, to collect quick settlements from California businesses and citizens'.
It added that 'without proper warnings regarding the toxic effects of exposures to the listed chemical, resulting from contact with the products, California citizens lack the information necessary to make informed decisions on whether and how to eliminate the risk of exposure to the toxic chemical from the reasonably foreseeable use of the products.'
Human rights groups have urged Western companies to cut all business ties with the region because of appalling abuses, including the widespread use of forced labour and the detention of a million Uighur Muslims in re-education camps, where it's claimed women are systematically raped. She was behind one of the first TV 'infomercial' make-up empires and it's thought she and Bill are central to plans to make the duchess the 'world's highest paid influencer'.