Tammy Taylor owners, Melany Viljoen and her husband, Peet have recently been slapped with yet another lawsuit.
The Real Housewives of Pretoria star and her husband were recently taken to the Pretoria High Court recently by a potential franchisee who after an Instagram post was interested in buying a franchise. She arranged a meeting at the Tammy Taylor head office to discuss the offer. However, after several meetings, the couple is in court and has to pay back R600 000 to the prospective franchisee.
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According to reports, the franchisee, named Lebohang Hlathuka asked the court to declare the “transaction unconscionable, unjust, and unreasonable in terms of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA)” and refund her the R600 000 she paid. In addition, she asked the court to order Tammy Taylor Global Franchising and the Viljoens to immediately cease selling Tammy Taylor franchises in South Africa without first obtaining the necessary authorization and/or license from the proprietor of the registered Tammy Taylor and associated trademarks in terms of the CPA. She argued that the couple’s business conduct is prohibited by the Companies Act as they were knowingly part of an act and omission calculated to defraud her.
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The couple were previously embroiled in a $100 million lawsuit. Tammy, the CEO and founder of the Tammy Taylor nail product brand in the USA filed a $100 million lawsuit against Melany and Peet for infringing on the Tammy Taylor trademark and bringing her brand into disrepute with their alleged shady dealings. The couple said they had an agreement with Tammy Taylor to use her brand in South Africa to distribute nail products, but in 2022 Tammy ended the contract. “Our journey with Tammy Taylor has been a rollercoaster of shattered trust and broken promises,” Melany responded. “From false assurances of exclusive product origins to Billie’s story that only confirmed to me Tammy’s betrayal during the COVID-19 pandemic, thus my belief in Tammy’s integrity crumbled because she was still able to fool us in times of need.”
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