Anna Bradley-Smith  |  March 25, 2021

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Class Action Says GOLO diet pills falsely advertised.

Delaware-based diet pill company GOLO mislabeled its products and falsely advertised their weight loss and health benefits, a new lawsuit alleges.

Lead plaintiff Vincenzza Bubak filed the nationwide class action lawsuit this week accusing GOLO, LLC of engaging in prominent and systematic mislabeling and false advertising of its Release supplement that “could lead to substantial societal harm.”

Bubak bought the GOLO diet pills online in December 2020, based on claims made on the company’s website that the Release supplement would aid weight loss and provide other health benefits, says the class action lawsuit.

The pills, sold nationwide, are advertised as “the natural solution to insulin resistance,” which GOLO says is a major obstacle to losing weight.

Bubak says the pills did not work as advertised and she requested a refund from the company. Bubak says she had to cover the associated shipping and handling costs.

Bubak alleges that the company unlawfully implied the diet pills could mitigate or prevent disease. She also claims that the company gave inadequate directions for use and misleadingly said the pills were clinically proven to boost its sales.

“The Product is offered for conditions that are not amenable to self-diagnosis and treatment by individuals who are not medical practitioners; therefore, adequate directions for use cannot be written so that a layperson can use these drugs safely for their intended purposes,” the lawsuit states.

For a claim to be considered scientifically and clinically proven, the lawsuit contends, it must be widely accepted in its applicable field, have overwhelming evidence supporting it and there must be a consensus in the scientific community agreeing with the representations. The lawsuit alleges that GOLO said the studies its claims were based on relied on “pilot studies” commissioned by the company that were not peer-reviewed or part of legitimate scientific publications.

The lawsuit estimates that thousands of customers have been affected by GOLO’s alleged fraudulent behavior.

For the California subclass, Bubak is suing the company under California’s unfair competition law, false advertising law, and legal remedies act. For national and California-based consumers, Bubak is suing under the breach of warranties and breach of implied warranty of merchantability.

Bubak is seeking class action certification, damages, restitution, audit or previous complaints, interest, legal fees, and a jury trial.

This isn’t the first time a company has faced a class action lawsuit over diet pills. In February 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the voluntary recall of Belviq and Belviq XR, weight loss drugs manufactured by Eisai Inc. The Belviq recall was prompted by a safety clinical trial showing the drug may be associated with an increased risk of cancer. Find out if you qualify to join the lawsuit here.

Meanwhile, plaintiffs in the Lipzozene weight loss pill class action lawsuit have started to receive checks worth up to $60.

Have you purchased GOLO diet pills? Did they work as advertised for you? Tell us about your experience in the comment section below!

The plaintiff is represented by Trenton R. Kashima and Kevin J. Stoops of Sommers Schwartz, P.C., and Nick Suciu III of Barbat Mansour Suciu & Tomina PLLC.

The GOLO Diet Pill Class Action Lawsuit is Bubak v. GOLO, LCC, Case No. 1:21-cv-00492-DAD-EPG, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

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634 thoughts onGOLO Diet Pills’ Benefits Are Falsely Advertised, Class Action Lawsuit Alleges

  1. Jennifer J Florian says:

    Nope!!! GOLO definitely did NOTHING for my waistline, just the lining in my pocketbook! The name GO”LO”, is a perfect name because they went LO when advertising a so-called weight loss medium. I gotta dummy up when it comes to false advertisements just so some unethical companies can fatten their bottomlines.

  2. Keith Gillette says:

    Good didn’t work as advertised. I even reached out to them to find out what I was doing wrong,No answer to email’s.
    Please add me!

  3. Star says:

    I tried them for several months with no results. I bought them thinking they were natural and would help in preventing my body from crashing. Please add me

  4. RICHARD P TSCHERNJAWSKI says:

    This product doe not make you lose weight and they still advertise it on tv as a premier weight loss . Speaking from someone who purchased 6 bottles , they come in 3 packs at 80 dollars following their sensible diet i did not see any weight loss ADD me

  5. Wanda Lawrence says:

    This product did not work! It was a huge waste of money. It came with fancy packaging. In order to return the product, i was supposed to return all the fancy packaging in its original condition.

  6. Patricia Armstrong says:

    They didn’t work at all

  7. Teresa says:

    Didn’t work for me.

  8. Karina Faul says:

    Another sucker here.

  9. Sonja says:

    Didn’t work fo me

  10. Svejk says:

    They worked in GOLO’s favor. My wallet lost the weight of about $125, my body lost nothing. I was stupid to even give this a try, but I sure hope this goes through.

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