P&G sues Amway exec committee member for statements linking firm with satanism.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
PROCTER & GAMBLE SLANDER SUIT TARGETS AMWAY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER for "spreading false and malicious statements connecting P&G with satanism," P&G announced. The lawsuit, filed on Aug. 28 in U.S. District Court of Utah, alleges that "high ranking `diamond level'" Amway distributor Randy Haugen and other distributors "circulated and published" statements through Amway's Amvox communication system that "falsely and maliciously assert that the president of P&G appeared on a nationally televised talk show and discussed P&G's relationship to satanism and P&G's support for the church of satan." Haugen recently co-chaired the business operations of the Amway Distributors Association Council and currently sits on its executive committee.
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