Dr. Oz Sued By Meat Market Proprietor
Your ‘Fraud’ Vid Screwed My Biz!!!
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Dr. Oz is being dragged to court docket by an L.A. Armenian meat market proprietor … claiming the previous TV doc falsely tied her store to large healthcare fraud and the mafia in a viral video.
In line with a brand new lawsuit — obtained by TMZ — Anna Ivanyan, who owns Tigranakert Meat Market in Van Nuys, says Oz trashed her popularity by that includes her enterprise in a clip about alleged fraud within the Armenian neighborhood.
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In late January … Oz posted a video throughout social media exhibiting him driving in a automotive and posing exterior companies, claiming billions of {dollars} in healthcare fraud — together with alleged hospice schemes — are tied to what he describes because the “Russian Armenian Mafia.”
Ivanyan says Oz filmed proper exterior her enterprise whereas laying this out … making it seem like her store is a part of a prison operation — one thing she says is totally false.
The lawsuit claims the video reached thousands and thousands of viewers … and Oz’s defamatory statements have been additionally amplified by L.A. native information shops, which added gas to the fireplace.
Consequently … Ivanyan claims the alleged defamatory statements unfold quickly — reaching her clients and the broader neighborhood. She says the video damage her enterprise and popularity … and he or she’s now in search of damages.
We reached out to reps for Oz … up to now, no phrase again.
