| Angelo DePalma 2005-07-10, 3:31 am |
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No, it is not obvious. It's possible. I'm still holding out for this to be
an honest error in judgement.
"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote
quote:
> It is obvious that Beatriz Marinello was paid personally for her
> endorsement of the product. No company could or would publish an ad
> like this one without paying the person who's name was used in the ad.
>
> The contract was between Natrol and Beatriz Marinello personally.
> While we are told that the USCF is to receive $5,000 and two
> grandmasters that she agrees to provide who will take the drug and
> play chess under the influence of this drug are to receive $300 each
> (I am surprised that she claimed the ability to find two grandmasters
> willing to do this) we do not know how much Beatriz herself was paid
> but it is safe to conclude that the amount was probably considerable.
>
> Sam Sloan
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