Chocolatier 3 money cheat
''This is for clarity sake….I have and will never use any kayamata product. According to the actress, people warned her against associating with Jaruma but she refused to listen as she isn't one to judge people via other people's perceptions. She went on to accuse Jaruma of using every opportunity to profit off her. In her disclaimer, Regina pointed that she has never used any Kayamata product. Regina has done some influencing jobs for Aphrodisiac seller, Jaruma, and even made news some time ago when she said she spent over N1.5 million to purchase beads and chocolates from Jaruma. Shortly after Laila's announcement, some Nigerians on social media claimed this was the handiwork of Jaruma's products. Recall that on Tuesday, November 2, Laila announced that she has divorced the billionaire businessman. “They’re extremely costly to make,” Mitzev said.īy the time, Johnson and Johnson Anthony figured that out they could not immediately correct it because retailers wouldn’t swallow a steep increase in the cost of the chocolates, Mitzev said.Actress Regina Daniels has debunked claims that she used Kayamata products from Jaruma to "collect" her husband, Ned Nwoko from his Moroccan wife, Laila
The reason Xan Confections never made a profit was Downey-Racen underestimated the labor cost of making her healthy and gourmet chocolates, Mitzev said. The reason Downey-Racen wasn’t issued stock shares right away was because Johnson and Johnson Anthony were concerned that Downey-Racen’s bankruptcy would affect Xan Confections, Mitzev said.ĭowney-Racen is a “chocolate genius,” Mitzev said, adding that she also had a knack for clever products like a healthy chocolate with ingredients. Susan’s Healthy Gourmet was moving to a bigger space and had room for Downey-Racen and her chocolate-making crew. Mitzev accused Downey-Racen of not alerting the Small Business Administration of her bankruptcies when filling out loan applications, which allowed her to buy the chocolate-making equipment.Īt the time the three met through local women’s business groups it seemed like a “good marriage,” Mitzev said. It was supposed to be a “turn-key business” as Downey-Racen said she had the chocolate-making equipment, Mitzev said. He said the plaintiff was on the brink of her third bankruptcy when she teamed up with Susan’s Healthy Gourmet. Jurors will consider allegations that Johnson and Johnson Anthony attempted to cheat Downey-Racen out of her ownership share.Īttorney Vasko Mitzev, who represents Susan’s Healthy Gourmet, said Downey-Racen was the deceitful one in the partnership. When Downey-Racen originally filed suit she alleged her recipes were stolen, but a judge has since ruled those belong to Xan Confections.ĭowney-Racen also originally claimed she was cheated out of her one-third share in Xan Confections, but a judge ruled she is an equal partner. She claimed “no invoices were ever created to show a proper paper trail on how these businesses were run.”ĭowney-Racen is alleging a breach of fiduciary trust, meaning her partners did not attempt to help Xan Confections, but Susan’s Healthy Gourmet instead. If Johnson and Johnson Anthony “did nothing wrong then the quickest out is to show the financials,” Amezcua-Moll said. The two had to put substantial loans into Xan Confections to keep it afloat, but Amezcua-Moll said, “Was it truly a loan? Where did some of the money come from? The defendants have actively tried to withhold this information.” They are demonstrating an initial step in the chocolate-making process – melting chocolate and preparing the product for placing into molds. Kerry Johnson Anthony, left, and Susan Johnson, right, of Susan’s Healthy Gourmet in Irvine started up another company, Xan Confections, with Tracey Downey, center. Lawsuit alleges partners cheated Orange County chocolatier out of her share of company – Orange County Registerĭowney-Racen’s attorney, Rose Amezcua-Moll, told jurors in her opening statement that her client’s partners were guilty of “roundtripping,” meaning they offloaded debts from Susan’s Healthy Gourmet into Xan Confections to keep it from yielding a profit and to get a tax write-off.