June 17 2010 – Jillian Michaels admitted she was fat when she was a teen. Michaels was overweight at 175 pounds and she was teased and bullied for being fat. Michaels said she learned karate and gained respect or fear. The ribbing stopped for Michaels.

Michaels said people generally thought she was mean but she denied this. Michaels wants to clear the air about her personality – she doesn’t have a mean bone in her body.

Jillian Michaels had therapy when she was only 5 years old. Michaels said she had phobias that sharks would leap out of the drainage hole in her bath tube. Her mother saw the problem was serious enough to get her into therapy.

Jillian Michaels’ parents were married for 18 years and got divorced when Jillian was 12 years old. By the time she reached 17, her mother told her she was not welcome to live with her. Jillian said she quickly grew up to learn how to become independent.

May 30 2010: Jillian Michaels has a new reality TV show called “Losing It With Jillian”. Michaels’ new reality TV show premieres on June 1. Michaels encourages a whole new bunch of people to plan weight loss and “losing it with Jillian”.

Michaels said her new show is not a game competition but organized on a more personal level. Michaels stays with people who want to lose weight and works closely with them. Michaels will take into consideration their life styles, needs, budgets, and help them make positive changes.

Jillian Michaels stays with the family for a week. Michaels’ support team consists of a doctor, dietician and a therapist. The entire team works together with the family to ensure they can get on their way to lose weight.

Michaels said she has witnesses first hand how the average American family struggled to live by holding one, two or three jobs. Michaels said she often faced opposition when she suggested changes to their life styles. She was uneasy when she lived under the same roof with hostile people. Its unbelievable how much Michaels has endured for the sake of her work!

Feb 11 2010:
Jillian Michaels sued for Maximum Strength Calorie Control diet failed weight loss

Jillian Michaels is in hot soup over a lawsuit on her diet product claims. Michaels is accused of perpetuating an elaborate hoax and profiting at the expense of the gullible consumer. This is a class action lawsuit.

Jillian Michaels Maximum Strength Calorie Control diet supplement allegedly fails in its promises.

Apparently, Michaels, the coach in the reality TV weight loss show “The Biggest Loser”, has been accused of endorsing products with fake claims.

Melissa Harnett, a lawyer, filed her lawsuit against Jillian Michaels and Thin Care and Basic Research. Harnett said the so called magic weight loss supplement couldn’t achieve effective weight loss.

Harnett works on behalf of Christie Christensen, of Lake Elsinore, Ca. Christensen claimed she bought and ate “Jillian Michaels Maximum Strength Calorie Control” in January 2010 and the product failed to reduce her appetite or give her weight loss. “Jillian Michaels Maximum Strength Calorie Control”. Christensen said she was duped by the fake advertising.

Harnett seeks an injunction to stop the sale of the fancy sounding product. Harnett also wants damages to be awarded.

Thin Care and Basic Research made the weight loss and diet products and they had Jillian Michaels as their representative to endorse the products. Both Michaels and Basic Research have not commented on the lawsuit.

The supplement’s packaging has a warning to state that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved the product’s claims that users will lose weight.

Updated Feb 12 2010
Stephanie Creer has filed a lawsuit to sue Jillian Michaels for fraudulent advertising. Creer claimed the Calorie Control diet supplement failed miserably to help her. Creer said she had been trying to get weight loss her whole life and was devastated when Michaels’ recommended diet product failed to work for her.

Stephanie Creer’s lawyers filed her lawsuit independently, without consulting Christie Christensen’s lawyers. Both Creer and Christensen’s lawsuits are suing Jillian Michaels on similar grounds of fake advertisement promises.

Jillian Michaels is being sued by 2 women. In just 2 days, 2 angry customers filed lawsuits against Jillian Michaels.

A list of plaintiffs:
1.) Christie Christensen (Feb 11 2010)
2.) Stephanie Creer (Feb 12 2010)
3.) Kathy Hensley (Feb 16, 2010)

The product in question:

Contrary to getting ill fortune after being sued, Jillian Michaels has gained from the immense publicity. This product has topped the Amazon’s Best Selling Link in its health care category.

People are supporting Jillian Michaels.

Updated Feb 16, 2010.

A different product endorsed by Jillian Michaels is under scrutiny now.

Jillian Michaels and her food supplement partners face their third class action lawsuit from Kathy Hensley on Tuesday, Feb 16. Hensley claimed their fat burning pills contained a potentially lethal blend of ingredients that could be harmful.

Hensley named Jillian Michaels, Thin Care and Basic Research and Walgreens, as defendants in her lawsuit. Hensley accused the “Jillian Michaels Maximum Strength Fat Burner” of containing ingredients that has a potential to act as a toxic cocktail.

Hensley alleged that citrus aurantium found in the pill can be lethal. According to Hensley’s claim, citrus aurantium can cause high blood pressure and cardiac problems in certain individuals whose bodies react to the compound.

Hensley is asking for $5 million in damages.

Jillian Michaels claimed the food supplements and products were vetted by professional experts. Michaels has faith in the expertise behind the products. Michaels is confident her name and reputation will be defended in court.

Jillian Michaels Maximum Strength Fat Burner. If you click on the link in the image, you can read reviews from 3 customers. 2 out of the 3 customers were unhappy about the product.

Feb 18 2010 -
Jillian Michaels is fighting back. Michaels sues Melissa Harnett for defaming her. Harnett is the lawyer who filed a class action lawsuit against Michaels.

Harnett said to TMZ, a celebrity news media, that, “Telling people you take two magic pills and then eat chocolate cake all day is a deception.” Michaels said this statement was a defamation of her reputation as the Calorie Control product and developers didn’t claim the supplement could be a chocolate cake buster. Michaels wants unspecified damages from Harnett.

It sucks to be the lawyer who made a casual statement to the press on behalf of a client and get sued for it.