Kimkins Dangers

Kimkins Class Action Lawsuit

2009-06-28T08:57:00.000-07:00

Proposed Notice of Pendency of Class Action

This is NOT an official notice. This notice is proposed to the court by plaintiffs’ counsel June 26, 2009. If you choose to duplicate this notice on any blog or website, this notice MUST be included.

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Kimkins Wins the Slim Chance Award

2008-12-21T14:24:00.000-08:00

The Worst Diet Promotions of 2008 snag 20th Annual Slim Chance Awards

HETTINGER, ND – Healthy Weight Network released its 20th annual Slim Chance Awards today, highlighting both the hidden dangers of diets and supplements that often contain unknown ingredients and sometimes potent drugs, and the merely ridiculous.

To call 2008 a typical year in the weight loss field would be too easy. This year’s awards go to an infamous huckster of diet infomercials, known for his outrageous disregard of injunctions against him; $139 body-shaping jeans impregnated with substances that supposedly reduce cellulite; a pill that’s “proven” to make your belly fat vanish; and a dangerous starvation diet launched recklessly on the Internet with false promises of safe, fast and permanent weight loss.

All in all, a typical year that synthesizes all that is deceptive and exploitative in this field. So, here they are, the 20th annual Slim Chance Awards (only “Worst Product” is shown here):

WORST PRODUCT: Kimkins diet. It must have seemed an easy way to get rich quick. Founder Heidi “Kimmer” Diaz set up a website and charged members a fee to access the Kimkins diet, boasting they could lose up to 5 percent of their body weight in 10 days. “Better than gastric bypass,” there was “no faster diet,” and in fact she herself had lost 198# in 11 months. Stunning “after” photos were displayed. In June 2007 Women’s World ran it as a cover story, and that month alone PayPal records show the Kimkins site took in over $1.2 million. Then users began complaining of chest pains, hair loss, heart palpitations, irritability and menstrual irregularities. This was not surprising since Kimkins is essentially a starvation diet, down to 500 calories per day and deficient in many nutrients (shockingly, laxatives are advised to replace the missing fiber). In a lawsuit, 11 former members are uncovering a vast record of Diez’s alleged fraud. They found that the stunning “after” photos, including one of Kimmer herself, had been lifted from a Russian mail order bride site. According to a deposition reported by Los Angeles TV station KTLA, Diaz admitted using fake pictures, fake stories and fake IDs, and a judge has allowed the litigants to freeze some of her assets.

For a full list, go to Quackery and Fraud

SMACK down for Kimmer

2008-11-10T06:30:00.000-08:00

Magicsmom has a great blog post about how folk can SMACK Kimmer for SLAPPing DUCKS.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

2008-06-15T11:11:00.000-07:00

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

2008-05-24T06:26:00.000-07:00

Excuse the mess.....

2008-05-10T11:31:00.000-07:00

Please excuse the mess while this blog undergoes some renovating.

Help will be coming from many of the anti-kk bloggers. Just bear with us for now.

In the mean time check the webring or the blog roll for some up to date info.

Woman's World Apology - FINALLY!

2008-02-14T10:35:00.000-08:00

For all of us who have written (and some of us many, many times) to Woman's World magazine demanding a retraction of their article about Kimkins - CLICK HERE!

It's not enough though - I want to see this printed in their magazine along with an article detailing the entire scam!

But.. it is nice to see :)

What you can do!

2008-01-10T16:15:00.000-08:00

Hey! How about a new post? Certainly been awhile!

This was posted at LCF by BamaGal - Thanks for the info! I wanted to repost it here for all of those sitting around wondering what can possibly be done while sitting online to help get rid of Kimkins and the scamming scammer behind it... well........ here ya go!

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I do not want to step on anyones toes here....BUT

Time to squash everything and move on.

As we know from reading the court papers Heidi is still having people sign up. The only way to guarantee the closing of the site is through the federal channels. Even WHEN Heidi loses the class action lawsuit---she can still run the site and sign up more unsuspecting people.

How about we ALL get involved here---here are some really good ways:

Contact the Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission - Offices and Bureaus

The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel®, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies worldwide

Internet Crime Complaint Center

Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

The IC3 is co-sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)

IC3's mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, local and international level, IC3 provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet related crimes.

it does not take much of your time to file this report--it is very easily done in my opinion---this is the most important thing we can do right now---

Contact your states Attorney General

FindLaw: State Resources: Attorneys General

another very simple thing to do---since this is the internet---each state should be involved not just CA

National Association of Attorney General's Computer Crime Point of Contact List (all state-related cyber questions)

National Consumers League’s Fraud Center

Use this form to report suspected telemarketing or Internet fraud.

Online Fraud Report Form

all of these next ones require very little time and effort---

Epinions.com

People search here for opinions on various things. So leave yours relating to Kimkins. Become an Epinions member and publish your review.

Complaints.com

Consumers in Control Online compliant form

Complaints Board.com Submit a Complaint

Troubleshooter.com

The Internet home of consumer advocate Tom Martino Submit a compliant

Call the HelpCenter 1-866-966-HELP (4357)

ConsumerAffairs.com

To report any type of consumer fraud or scams

Complaint Form

If you have not contacted these agencies---my first question is

WHY THE SAM HILL NOT????

no offense ladies and gents---but the time spent he say she say back and forth could be better put to use

no, I am no discounting anyones feelings, nor do I wish to ruffle any feathers---I just want to see some action being done instead of just paying lip service to bringing Heidi and her minions to justice....

Don't be an arm chair quarterback--actually get into the game....

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Great post, great advice, great links. Thanks Bama!

The Kimmer - Deposed! Meet Heidi Diaz!

2007-11-26T19:21:00.000-08:00

The image above is a screen shot from the deposition given by Heidi Diaz on November 12th, 2007. Wanted to share this here just to keep the record of the Fall of Kimkins complete!

Also, as per the writ of attachment filed in the courts, Heidi Diaz's assets are now frozen.Keep up the good work! And kudos to Christin for her local news coverage!

"Atkins Meets Anorexia"

2007-11-12T08:02:00.000-08:00

Atkins meets Anorexia was the lead in title used today on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet.

Anyway, the show!

Here's a recap!

Images of Christin at her home, telling her story.

(She's so beautiful! We love you Christin!) She talks about the images of "Kimmer" on the homepage and her desire to lose weight. The story follows Christin's journey through weight loss to the Woman's World magazine cover and then her health issues that arose. Christin outlines the dangerous advice that Kimmer gave her, including daily laxative use and the questions she asked Kimmer about the safety of the diet in her role as PR Director and her ultimate termination from her role within Kimkins.

Video from the PI showing Kimmer's current visage are shown as well as the Russian Brides website photo theft.

On stage is Deni, (also beautiful! we love you Deni!) Christin, Jeannie and Melanie (SingingLass).

Christin compares Kimkins to anorexia and talks about her medical issues as a result of the diet. Mike brings up "SNATT" and Juliet says that Christin's symptoms sound just like the problems anorexics face.

M and J turn to Jeannie next and ask for a response. Jeannie says that Kimmer is in fact Heidi Diaz. Jeannie then says that there is a full explanation is already on the website, but it was NOT at the time the show aired. It is now, though.

Jeannie admits that Kimmer used poor marketing tactics, but the diet still works! It changes lives! She then goes after Christin and says to Christin that "You were under medical supervision!" and Christin says that she was not. They talk about laxatives and Jeannie says that they only recommend a laxative if someone has "potty problems" and Deni says "that's not what it was when I was on the plan" and Jeannie comes back with "Well, we're always open to making positive changes".

Jeannie has the audacity to tell Christin and Deni that THEY set a bad example for everyone and it was there fault as moderators for not helping others be safe. (BAD JEANNIE!)

Jeannie then says on national TV that Kimmer couldn't be there because of litigation and her deposition today and that Kimkins is currently dealing with a lawsuit. lol.

Deni then tells her story and her and Christin discuss how addictive the Kimkins plan was. Juliet says that it sounds as though they developed an eating disorder and Christin agrees.

Jeannie says that she is at Kimkins to make positive changes, to make every wrong right, as per her promise to the low carb community. She then says that they have a bariatric surgeon who is considering joining the Kimkins team. (Wuh oh.. lol)

Singing Lass is talking about her weight and blames it on steroids. Says that she lost 102 pounds and she stalled on Atkins. Says she was worried about side effects from WLS but the side effects from Kimkins are ok.. lol. Silly girlie! She doesn't look like she's lost 102 pounds........

Jeannie says that she feels like she's in the middle of a terrorist attack..... omg.

Next up.. the dietician and the doctor have a go at the Kimkins plan!

Reg. Dietician Glassman and Dr. Seigel (sp?)

Tippy accidentally sent an email that says "there will be a nutritonalist there as well, that scares me...." to the producer of the show! lol Glassman corrects her and says its "nutritionist", LOL.

The dietician rips right into Jeannie and yells at her for picking on Christin. Says that Heidi has as much right to give diet advice as she does to give legal advice. Says its completely unethical.

Dr. Seigel says the diet is ATROCIOUS. (He also discusses ketosis as a dangerous state for anyone with medical problems). He talks about the egg white challenge on the Kimkins site.

Dietician says the diet is dangerous because of lack of fiber and calcium and very low calories.

Dr. Seigel says that "No self respecting doctor would be
associated with this plan". "It's a total disaster and you could end up in the hospital".

Excellent show! Brava to Christin and Deni! And a special thank you to CJ, Mike and Juliet for bringing much needed national attention to this horrible, dangerous fraud!

Heidi Diaz Comes Clean (Well, sorta)

2007-11-12T06:59:00.000-08:00

Monday, November 12, 2007

From the Kimkins website: (my notes are in red)

Kimkins Controversy

Dear Kimkins Members,

OK, so it's time to come clean. (a bit late for that, we all know the truth already!)

In view of recent events (can you say lawsuit?) and the feedback I've received from members, I've decided to set a few things straight. (A few things.. lol) Those of you who know me are well aware I'm a private person and prefer to remain that way. However, that doesn't seem to be in the cards.

So, let's put a few burning questions to rest:

Q: Who is Kimmer?

A: Heidi Diaz (translated - "I LIED when I said Kimmer and Heidi were 2 different people, many times!")

Q: Why the drama, denial and hiding?

A: For the past 10 years it was to avoid an invasion of my own privacy. However, for the past 3 years it was to protect the identity of my foster children. California foster regulations prohibit foster parents from making statements that would identify children as "foster", even by association. (IF you have any foster children, you broke the law by even mentioning them!) Identifying myself which could lead to my home address or identifying me in public could identify them. (PI didn't see any Foster Children while he was staking out your apartment.)

Q: Did you lose 198 pounds in 11 months?

A: No. But I did lose 100 pounds in 6 months. (cough BS cough) However, since Kimkins appeared on the Woman's World cover, I've been glued to my computer. I'm no different than any of you (YES you are. Not everyone is a pathological liar and a sociopath!) and I'm well familiar with stress eating or grabbing what's handy instead of what's Kimkins friendly. (And you're good at blaming others for doing it, too!)

Q: So you've regained the weight?

A: Yes, but I've been back on Kimkins for 2 weeks and have lost 23 pounds so far. (cough BS cough) I gain fast and I lose fast, that's how it's always been. I'll be experimenting and rotating with each option except Cycling because that will be too much temptation for me. I'm a lifelong dieter and I know what a free week (or weekend) will do to my willpower. (What willpower, sugar cookie?)

Q: What about the model photos in some of the Success Stories?

A: The majority of our earliest Success Stories were from another website and we couldn't take those with us. We wanted to show visitors the possibilities with Kimkins. So, while we built up (invented, stole, falsified) our newest batch, I created stories (I made stuff up and lied) which were a compilation of previous successes that people had shared with me over the past 10 years. We're extremely proud of all of our members (paid and unpaid) who have experienced weight loss success.
(Again, Kimmer with the half-truths. Just say "I stole some pictures from a Russian Bride website and pretended they were real success stories to try to convince people to join!")

Q: You have been photographed without hair. Did Kimkins do that?

A: Absolutely not. (But it DOES cause hair loss! Way to try to spin it!) I developed alopecia universalis 23 years ago. (Aww poor you. Not.) It is an autoimmune disease that causes total body hair loss. Our family has cluster autoimmune conditions. Mine are alopecia, hypothyroidism and eczema. Other family members also include alopecia plus type 1 diabetes type 1, multiple sclerosis, lupus, eczema and rheumatoid arthritis. Autoimmune is when your body attacks itself and destroys certain functions. Most people with an autoimmune condition develop more than one. If one person in a family develops an autoimmune condition, other family members tend to develop them. (Bla bla bla, whatever. You LIED about your wonderful hair care routine. Just say that. Enough of the pity party.)

Q: What about the people who joined Kimkins because you said you lost 198 pounds in 11 months or because of the success story re-enactments?

A: I offer my sincere apology (Too late! You banned most of them! Cow.) to anyone (which is everyone) who felt misled or joined purely on that basis. That was never our intent. (The hell it wasn't! When you post FAKE pictures and LIE that is an INTENT to MISLEAD) Kimkins will provide a refund and membership cancellation upon request to anyone who joined Kimkins prior to November 1, 2007. Please write
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by November 16, 2007 and provide your full name, current or former user name, PayPal transaction number and PayPal email address. (You gonna be broke now, chica)

Q: What about the people who want to continue with Kimkins?

A: We recommend a good primary care physican and counseling.
A: A lifetime membership is lifetime. You're here and that's permanent! (Unless you get banned!)
In fact, I'm going to be part of the "Watch Us Lose" models on the homepage (UGH spare me) and will update my stats each week, add updated photos and post in the Kimmer's Back on Track Challenge. I will lose my weight all over again and everyone is welcome to lose right alongside me. I had baseline medical tests done a few weeks ago and will share both my starting and final results once I reach goal which I hope to be around my birthday in May 2008.

Q: Will we ever meet "Kimmer"?

A: I'm going to do my best. (which means I'll have some family crisis and won't be there) I truly am a shy person (oh please) who prefers to stay in the background, but a Kimkins Cruise is planned for Summer 2008 and I'll be there to meet & greet everyone! We will be asking members for feedback on local meet-ups as well so everyone has a chance to meet me and network with other Kimkinites! (Hey! Thats OUR word! Thief!) Support is everything in successful long term weight loss. (How would you know... exactly?)

Q: Anything else? REAMS!

A: Kimkins works. (Duh. Anyone that doesn't eat will lose weight. Doesn't mean its safe!) I have offered my internet style of Kimkins diet advice for 10 years. (But you're not QUALIFIED or licensed to give diet advice!!) It was hugely successful (because it was based on LIES) which is why Kimkins became popular. My first 8 years were 100% voluntary and I even turned down gifts. (except the ones I scammed people out of by saying I lost my purse, etc.) My goal has always been for people to learn the very simple and very effective basics of quick weight loss. This remains our focus today. Anyone who wants a refund and cancellation, please let us know.
Everyone who wants to stick with Kimkins -- well, what are you waiting for? Let's do it! I've got, uh ... a couple of pounds to lose myself and I could use some support! (You could use some psychotherapy!)

Q: What about starting a Kimmer Challenge?

A: Excellent! Let's do it! I'm setting up the Kimmer's Back on Track Challenge thread, so come on over and say "Hi!"

Another long list of half-truths and lies by the expert of fraud, Heidi Diaz. I HOPE everyone will run away from this woman and her web as fast as they can.

Heidi Diaz! Take your bullshit and stick it!

Heidi Diaz Deposition / The Morning Show

2007-11-12T05:57:00.000-08:00

Dun dun DUN!

Today is the day!

Heidi Diaz is supposed to appear in court and give her sworn deposition. Will she show? We'll let you know!

And.. finally! A nationally broadcast news program is covering the Kimkins scandal! The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet will air its segment on Kimkins today! Check it out and look for Christin! Tippy / Jeannie is scheduled to appear as well, it should be MOST interesting! Click here for local listings: The Morning Show

I've been thinking about this all weekend. What will Tippy say? How will she defend -

* The red dress picture?
* The fraudulent before and after pics

* Heidi's own statements that you cannot change, alter or tweak the program in any way Heidi's own advice to restrict calories to 500 a day (original boot camp plan)?
* The mysterious "new owners"
* The lawsuit
* The foster children fundraiser scam
* The founder of the plan weighing 300+ pounds
* The Acupuncturist giving medical advice not pertaining to his field
* Fitness Guru who mysteriously disappeared after saying no one should go below 1200 calories?

On and on and on.. There is no defense for any of those things. Her entire platform will be "but the diet works! People are losing weight!" Sure it does, Tippy. Anyone that doesn't eat will lose weight. Duh.

I can't wait to see this show. Tune in!

Calling All Kimkins Survivors!

2007-11-05T15:26:00.000-08:00

Monday, November 5, 2007

If anyone that has done the Kimkins diet and would be interested in speaking out about the controversy, the dangers, side effects, fraud, etc on TV, please contact me ASAP.

The Morning Show is going to be doing a story on the Kimkins scam and would like several people to be on the show! (This would involve travel to NY and I don't know if they pay for that or not, but we can find out.)

The show will air THIS Friday morning, so we need to make this happen immediately.Email me at kimkinscankill@gmail.com if you are interested and can be available and travel for the broadcast!

TV Show Looking for Kimkins Stories!

2007-11-05T08:10:00.001-08:00

Received in email:

My name is C.J., and I am a producer at the Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, a news-based chat show in New York.

We are currently planning a segment dealing with weight loss
and diet scams/frauds, and we're looking for people who have
personal experience with those issues.

Anyone who thinks they might be interested in speaking about their experiences can contact me any time at 212-xxxxxxxx, or via email at

cj.lenat@mikeandjuliet.com

Thanks for your help,
--C.J. Lenat
The Morning Show

Kimmer's Financial Woes

2007-11-05T08:10:00.000-08:00

Monday, November 5, 2007
TV Show Looking for Kimkins Stories!

Received in email:

My name is C.J., and I am a producer at the Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, a news-based chat show in New York.

We are currently planning a segment dealing with weight loss
and diet scams/frauds, and we're looking for people who have
personal experience with those issues.

Anyone who thinks they might be interested in speaking about their experiences can contact me any time at 212-xxxxxxxx, or via email at
cj.lenat@mikeandjuliet.com

Thanks for your help,
--C.J. Lenat
The Morning Show

Posted by Kimkins Dangers at 8:10 AM
1 comments: 2big said...
Kimkins.com and Kimmer need to be stopped bfore any one else becomes a page on http://kimkinssurvivors.wordpress.com/

please if you bought a membership join the lawsuit http://kimkinslawsuit.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/download-the-affidavit-or-declaration-form/

January 3, 2008 3:55 PM

Heidi Diaz - You Have Been Served!

2007-10-30T05:11:00.000-07:00

It's official!

Heidi Diaz (and Brandon Diaz) have been served! Heidi is due to appear before the court on November 1st and Brandon is due to appear on November 2nd.

Now we wait and see if she actually shows up or thinks she can just ignore it and it will go away - as was her theory about ignoring all the "haters" and "Negative Nancies". Heh.

Posted by Kimkins Dangers at 5:11 AM

comments:

Marshmallow said...: Excellent! About time, I say! :-D; October 30, 2007 12:18 PM
Mimi said...: I'm itching to hear the details! And wow I wish KTLA had been there with their cameras rolling to catch the expression on her face! Ya know, I'm betting she just flashed the server that same smirk.

Am stunned that Brandon was served also! wow. Could you please post a recap of the exchange between you and Brandon from some weeks back? I'd like to see that discussed in light of today's developments, especially if Brandon does show up for his deposition on Friday.; October 30, 2007 2:05 PM
Princess Dieter said...: GOODY!!!

I hope some anti-Kimkins person in the area gets good digital shots of Heidi going or coming (yes, I know, she could easily skip)!

THANKS,
The Princess; October 31, 2007 3:45 PM
2big said...: Kimkins.com and Kimmer need to be stopped bfore any one else becomes a page on http://kimkinssurvivors.wordpress.com/

please if you bought a membership join the lawsuit http://kimkinslawsuit.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/download-the-affidavit-or-declaration-form/; January 3, 2008 3:54 PM

Fitness Guru Gone!

2007-10-29T06:55:00.000-07:00

After wondering why Fitness Guru hadn't been posting after his last comment that no diet should ever go lower than 1200 calories, which is completely NOT Kimkins... we did a bit of research with some help.

We finally received an email from Nick Clark, aka Fitness Guru stating that he is no longer associated with Kimkins.com.

The email did not contain any information about why or if he has been banned.

Now to convince "Dr." Mark to take a leaf from Fitness Guru's book.

6 comments:

Mimi said...: Very interesting!!!!!! I hope he will explain the details of his departure!

Did Heidi fire him? Then of course as we all suspected, the "new ownership" thing was just another lie.

Or did TIPPY ban him?

Or did he choose of his own free will to quit?

Or did his company demand that he choose between his day job and his Kimkins job?

Sure, the bizarro mystery of Fitness Guru pales in comparison to the exponentially bizzaro-er mystery of Heidi herself.

But while we're waiting for the feds to shut down the Kimpire and waiting for the courts to shut down Heidi, these submysteries do serve to further emphasize the really astounding extent to which Heidi's scam has affected so many lives -- from a singing Mormon psychic in Oregon, to a quack acupuncturist in Florida, to thousands of desperately dieting women across America, to young men in Malaysia hired to pretend to be hyperactive overachieving Kimkinoids, to Russian mail order brides!

The world of The Kimmer is a wild, wild world indeed!; October 29, 2007 8:48 AM
Kimmerexia said...: He may not have posted for a while, but he's still showing up as an Admin.; October 29, 2007 2:07 PM
Anonymous said...: LOL! Well said!; October 29, 2007 5:33 PM
marnaewilson said...: I have a hard time believing that Singinglass is Mormon. Isn't she the one who drinks and sleeps around? Doesn't sound like a Mormon to me.; October 30, 2007 6:42 AM
Anonymous said...: These comments about the physician in Florida are slanderous and irresponsible. Your group has attacked him without knowing ONE THING about him or his scope of practice. Shame on you.; October 30, 2007 10:32 AM
Kimkins Dangers said...: Anonymous, it's not slander if it's TRUE. If you re-read the post, we checked with the Florida State Department of Health on his current licensing! HE IS NOT a Primary Care Physician! He is an acupuncturist! That does NOT give him the required medical background to be giving out diet advice! Hello? What exactly do you not get about that?; October 30, 2007 1:00 PM

Kimkins Class Action Lawsuit Filed!

2007-10-19T10:06:00.000-07:00

As revealed by KTLA news last night, the class-action lawsuit against Heidi Diaz / Kimmer / Kimkins has been filed! Heidi Diaz is due to appear in court on November 1st to give her sworn deposition in answer to the complaint filed by the plaintiffs.

We've read the entire complaint and it is very long and very thorough - including information about the Russian Brides photos as discovered by the gals at LCF, the baseless medical claims made by "Kimmer" and other instances of fraud.

So, who's up for a road trip? :D

7 comments:

Anonymous said...: A complaint was just filed, and they've already got a discovery order approved for a November 1 deposition? Are you sure? Things don't move that fast in California courts.; October 19, 2007 10:30 PM
Kimkins Dangers said...: Yep, we're sure! We've read and reviewed PDF files of the complaint and other processes. All are available online from the Riverside County court system.; October 19, 2007 10:43 PM
Mimi said...: There's something in the document about "fast track" -- I'm lost when it comes to courtspeak but hopefully "fast track" would seem to imply that a speeding up of the process has been ordered from the bench (?); October 20, 2007 8:15 AM
Anonymous said...: Yipee!! Let's hope she actually shows up. She is such a liar, she will have no credibility with the judge at all. Fraud is written all over her in big letters, no less..And SHE did it to herself!!!

Pray for justice!!!! which would be
500 calories a day for at least a year!!! in jail..with no exercise.; October 20, 2007 8:31 AM
Anonymous said...: I don't see "November 1" in the online information about the case. It's only on the TV report.; October 20, 2007 4:58 PM
Kimkins Dangers said...: "Anonymous" - that information came from several sources, including the lawyer handling the case. Verify it with them if you wish :); October 20, 2007 5:09 PM
size8jeans said...: Yay! Go get that lying sack of sh*t!

Another blogger posted how to access the court records online, so I took a quick perusal through them. :); October 21, 2007 8:06 PM

KTLA News Kimkins Expose Part 3

2007-10-18T18:05:00.000-07:00

KTLA News will be airing part 3 of their Kimkins expose tonight! The video of the broadcast will be available on their website shortly after it airs. We will post links to the website and a direct link to the video as soon as it becomes available.

2 comments:

Mimi said...: YAY! That's good news indeed! Will send this link on to the reporter at the Tampa tv news.

:happydance:; October 18, 2007 7:30 PM
Kimmerexia said...: http://video.ktla.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?clipid1=1851883&at1=News&vt1=v&h1=10%2F18+%2D+Ktla+Exposes+%27Kimkins%27+Diet+Scammer&d1=150367&redirUrl=http://www.ktla.com&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&playerVersion=1&hostPageUrl=http%3A//video.ktla.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp%3Fclipid1%3D1851883%26at1%3DNews%26vt1%3Dv%26h1%3D10%252F18+%252D+Ktla+Exposes+%2527Kimkins%2527+Diet+Scammer%26d1%3D150367%26redirUrl%3Dhttp%3A//www.ktla.com%26activePane%3Dinfo%26LaunchPageAdTag%3Dhomepage&rnd=27080876; October 19, 2007 10:34 AM

Nominate Kimkins!

2007-10-18T05:26:00.000-07:00

Nominate Kimkins!

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/01/worst_diets.html

Slim Chance Awards Nominations

The Annual Slim Chance Awards

will be announced by Healthy Weight Network

on Rid the World of Fad Diets & Gimmicks Day

during the third week of January (Healthy Weight

Week). Slim Chance Awards are presented to

publicize and combat the widespread fraud and

quackery in the weight loss field.

Send us your nominations for the

Annual Slim Chance Awards

Nominate in the following categories:

Most Outrageous

Worst Gadget

Worst Product

Worst Claim

CONTACT INFO:

Slim Chance Awards

Healthy Weight Network

402 South 14th Street

Hettinger, ND 58639

701-567-2646

hwj@healthyweight.net

(Enclose advertisements, catalog or

supporting material)

Posted by Kimkins Dangers at 5:26 AM 2 comments

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: you can also file a complaint with consumer affairs from that website (link at the bottom).

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/php/a_report.php; October 18, 2007 4:44 PM
Mimi said...: There's also a category for "Worst Claim"!; October 18, 2007 10:38 PM

The Rise and Fall of the Kimkins Diet

2007-10-16T20:40:00.000-07:00

The website, CalorieLab has posted it's review of the Kimkins plan. Below is an excerpt of the article:

The Web site for the Kimkins Diet boasts that there is “no faster diet” and that people lose weight without exercise, special foods, diet pills or supplements.

The site describes the diet as a low carb, low calorie plan that allows users to lose up to 5 percent of their body weight in 10 days. The diet came to national attention after being featured on the cover of Woman’s World magazine in June, with a story that called the diet “better than gastric bypass” and told of the success of a woman who had lost 100 pounds in five months.

The trouble is, the whole diet plan was a scam.

Bay News 9 in Tampa Needs Info!

2007-10-13T14:37:00.000-07:00

From ALC:

Reporter Michelle Kay, at Bay News 9 in Tampa, Florida, is interested in doing an expose' of the Kimkins.com fundraising scam.

Note: "interested in" ... not "committed to" ... 'cause she needs some PROOF before she can commit to doing the story.

She's looking for:

1. victims of the scam (meaning, people who were kind-hearted enough to actually donate money) who are willing to be interviewed on camera

2. screen shots (not copy/pastes) of actual posts, pm's, and/or emails written by Jeannie S. Baitinger a.k.a. "Tippy Toes" which prove that:
a) Jeannie was in charge of the "Kimmer's Kids" fundraiser
b) Jeannie is still in charge of fundraising activities ("for charity") at Kimkins.com

We were trying our best to keep this quiet and word behind the scenes, but a week now has passed and so far no one has come forward. Perhaps too much time has passed already, and if so, there's no sense in trying to interest the media in this aspect of the whole Kimmer/Kimkins thing.

When speaking of this matter, everyone please remember to stick to the facts only, those being:

The California State Ombundsman's Office says there weren't any foster children at the time of the fundraisers -- and the Community Care Licensing office (Virna Wright, contact person) says it's illegal for anyone to take donations for foster children, real OR fake, by actively raising those funds and/or accepting those funds. Jeannie S. Baitinger of Zephyrhills Florida ("TippyToes" or "Tippy") spearheaded the Kimmer's Kids fundraisers, and the money was sent to Heidi K. Diaz of Corona California ("Kimmer"). These are the facts. They are not allegations and they are not libel.

We hope for an official investigation into this matter, and if crimes have been committed, we hope for justice to be done.

Who to contact:
Michelle Kay
Michelle.Kay~baynews9.com
News desk: 727-29-2400
Toll-free: 888-437-1239

Further info:
http://www.baynews9.com/Home.html
http://www.baynews9.com/content/13/2003/7/16/21429.html

Posted by Kimkins Dangers at 2:37 PM

2 comments:

Mimi said...: PS Kd - my oops re the News Deck phone number -- the prefix is 329. Sorry for the omission! Thanks.
M.; October 13, 2007 5:48 PM
Anonymous said...: Screenshots e-mailed.

Thank you.; October 16, 2007 6:58 PM

Kimkins Disaster on Myspace

2007-10-13T11:02:00.000-07:00

Another Kimkins blog was found on myspace by an LCF poster. We wanted to include it here!

You can view the page here and an excerpt is below.

Heidi’s world has since come crashing down on. In the past several weeks alone, there has been a coup of sorts, amidst accusations of her diet making people sick. (A former member of the Kimkins team who was featured in Woman’s World magazine tells of her experience).

That’s just the beginning. As the story begins to unravel, sources have also determined that “Kimmer” had lied about losing the extraordinary amount of weight (see recent photo here), had taken up a collection for foster children she did not have and posted phony success stories (in addition to her own).

COMMENTS:

Anonymous said...: I don't think that's a blog. I think that's a MySpace NEWS publication. Even better!; October 13, 2007 6:51 PM

Comments - Oops

2007-10-12T09:25:00.000-07:00

Just a quick note to say that several comments were inadvertently rejected. Please repost! :)

Also, for anyone who wishes to send information anonymously without the need to leave a comment, please send an email to kimkinscankill@gmail.com. Thanks!

Kimkins Dr. Mark Is Paid Staff

2007-10-12T09:22:00.000-07:00

From TippyToes aka Jeannie Baitinger, Kimkins PR director:

Re:Kimmer question 2 Hours, 14 Minutes ago

OK. Dr. Mark has listed his credentuals in the health and wellness threads. He has been brought in as a staff member to help answer questions in his field for members. We feel his presence is quite valuable to the website and we are thrilled to have him here. However, Dr. Mark should not be used as a substitute for your own Physician.

I do not know details of the Kimkins.com transaction. As far as the new owners they have chosen not to announce themselves as of yet. We have been told the site would operate as normal and there are no indications we will close. Nothing more, nothing less.

The only changes being made to the site are positive additions (such as Dr. Mark and the fitness guru) so there is really nothing more to announce at this time.

This member and another who agreed with this member about needing more info were told they have new PMs. Neither heard from since.

The only field that "Dr." Mark is qualified to answer questions in, is acupuncture. To the best of our knowledge, none of the Kimkins plans require acupuncture services.

Posted by Kimkins Dangers at 9:22 AM

4 comments:

Kimmerexia said...: Jeannie Baitinger (Tippy Toes) sez: "This member and another who agreed with this member about needing more info were told they have new PMs. Neither heard from since."

Is this a new euphamism for "BANNED"?; October 12, 2007 9:45 AM
KimATC said...: Virtual acupuncture even! :); October 12, 2007 10:04 AM
Anonymous said...: Tippy - go write "credentials" 100 times please. And next time you feel the need to give more ridiculous updates and advice, I suggest writing your post in a program that has an automatic spell check first and then paste it over. Seriously honey, you only make yourself sound more absurd by not promoting with at least a degree of professionalism such as good spelling.; October 12, 2007 10:20 AM
Anonymous said...: The doctor may be seriously reconsidering his involvement. He denied being on staff, and then HE asked a question - because there were so many people already offering good advice, ARE THEY SURE THEY EVEN NEEDED HIM? He was warned, but likely never expected the intense scrutiny he has received. Now maybe he's withdrawing.; October 12, 2007 1:07 PM