I posted some comments made by MonaVie about the Oprah, Dr. Oz MonaVie Lawsuit, here is one that stuck out to me:
"We really feel like we're the victims of these Internet scammers every bit as much as Oprah is a victim of them," said Thorpe. "Monavie really created the açai business in the United States … And it's really [Internet scammers] trading on our good name."
What a reader finds interesting about these comments is that if you do a Google search for "MonaVie, Oprah, Dr. Oz", you will find over 92,000 search results.
(Also note the picture on the above right).
Now we can be sure that not all of the search results are from the recent lawsuit.
These search results indicate that MonaVie distributors have been using the name of Oprah and Dr. Oz for a long time.
In fact, I posted a press release from a MonaVie distributor that worked to connect the three terms back in February of 2008.
Earlier
this month, Doctor Oz featured the acai berry on the Oprah show. The
berry, found only in the Amazon rainforest, was part of his “ultimate
anti-aging checklist.”"It has twice the antioxidants as a
blueberry”, claims Dr. Oz. “Monavie” is an acai berry juice blend sold
by independent distributors like Randy Woodward of Fresno.
This is nothing new, really. MonaVie has a history of overlooking these types of things for the sake of growth.
