Former President Donald J. Trump proclaimed victory as a U.S. A class action lawsuit was dismissed against him by the District Court. Regarding the endorsement contract with ACN Opportunity LLC, this complaint was filed.
The Western Journal claims that the former president teamed up with ACN Opportunity in 2006 to promote their offerings. He was employed to improve their IBOs, or independent business owners, marketing training.
Plaintiffs who signed up with the multilevel marketing firm ACN Opportunity LLC claimed they were influenced to do so by Donald Trump’s support. They blame him for their inability to make money while taking part in the program. Judge Lorna Schofield from the U.S. The Southern District of New York District Court considered this matter.
Till 2015, when Trump started his presidential campaign, the deal between Trump and ACN was renewed. According to Judge Schofield, it would be impossible to identify a group of individuals who Trump could have affected at the time.
She wrote, “While individual plaintiffs may show that they reasonably relied on Trump’s endorsement of ACN when enrolling, that reliance cannot be inferred about all class members when IBOs were recruited through personal contacts in small meetings and with various marketing materials that contained inducements independent of Trump.”
The Judge added, “Here there is no cohesion among putative class members to justify applying the presumption that they relied on Trump’s statements in deciding to enroll, because they were exposed to different marketing pitches from sources in addition to Trump, including statements made by their own personal contacts and marketing materials from ACN.”
In conclusion, it is critical to remember that Trump worked as a paid spokesperson, therefore he cannot be held liable for the monetary losses suffered by business owners with whom he had no direct connection.
Schofield explained, “The majority of the content on the Opportunity Discs [promoting the company] portrayed testimonials from various successful IBOs, highlighting how ACN has enabled them to have, for example, a relaxed work life, expensive cars, and large homes.”
“The nature of Trump’s alleged misstatements also raises individual questions of whether any given putative class member believed the statements and therefore relied on them.”
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The Judge concluded by stating that there is evidence showing that certain Independent Business Owners (IBOs) were aware of or believed that Trump was receiving payment for his endorsement. The Judge also noted that Trump’s recorded claims that ACN is a tremendous opportunity, has a solid business plan, and a track record of producing wealthy people do not amount to fraud or misrepresentation. These claims should be taken as straightforward advertisements.
Through his website Truth Social, President Trump offered his reaction to the decision. He articulated his opinions and sentiments on the subject in his remarks.
“Today we had a Total and Complete Victory against Far Left Lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, on her ridiculous ACN Class Action Suit, yet another Election Interference Case. It was ruled that there can be no Class Action, and Certification was denied!”
Trump and Kaplan, the plaintiffs’ counsel in the ACN case, have an illustrious history. E was formerly represented by Kaplan. Jean Carroll is suing Trump for defamation. Trump was found liable for the lawsuit’s damages despite disputing Carroll’s rape claims.
