Marani Brands Inc. (MRIB)

[Matthew Berg]

Strongly doubt MRIB could even come close to making that fly. Best case would be defamation or slander but even for that you'd need a whole lot of evidence that probably would be inadmissable and/or hearsay. In order to prove tortious interference versus defamation or slander, MRIB would also have to prove economic advantage as motive which is what separates the two offenses. The old "shorts" claim certainly wouldn't fly. Most importantly, in either case, MRIB would ultimately have to prove any claims by the third party as untrue and/or defamatory. What would be an untrue statement if MRIB is a scam? We already know and can prove that Margrit has lied on numerous occasions and has done it publicly as has been documented by Money TV and certain of MRIB PRs. Thief? She'd have to prove otherwise and open up the books which I doubt she wants to do and she isn't going to get any financial recovery for a statement of negligence.

Lastly, there's the question of privilege. It would most likely have to be an insider, employee or at-will employee in certain jurisdictions (applies in CA) who had knowledge of the details of any given agreement or contract. God knows none of us have any details of MRIB contracts or dealings. LOL!

And what distributor or retailer contract would you believe MRIB lost as a result of any third party actions? MRIB announces every contract even remotely possible. And surely Margrit would also use it as an excuse if they lost it to anything but lousy sales. Bottom line is that it's more than just a reach. It's a pipe dream and there's no money in it for MRIB, just trouble.

Imagine if in discovery they started digging into personal issues regarding "being a thief". Not saying it happened but I'd sure be interested to see some of Margrit's tax returns. That straw severance package would be for starters. Then we have $1M in stock for accrued salary. Do you think she paid regular income tax on it? Hope so. How about the $4 million in 2009? That's at least $1.5 million just in taxes due. No capital gains there. Just saying.