50 Cent’s Liquor Company Sire Spirits Involved in Legal Fight
A FOX 5 investigation revealed a shocking multi-million-dollar embezzlement scheme that nearly shut down 50 Cent's Sire Spirits brand. He never gave up and is fighting back in court.
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FOX 5 NY's Lisa Evers spoke exclusively with Sire Spirits attorney Craig Weiner, litigation partner at Blank Rome.
"Because these illicit commissions were baked into the price of the product, Sire Spirits overpaid on taxes, overpaid on customs and duties, overpaid on insurance, which are marked towards the value of the product," Weiner said.
The lawsuit accuses international multi-billion-dollar spirits company Beam Suntory with being complicit in the kickback scheme. Attorney Craig Weiner said:
"Beam Suntory's role here is extraordinarily troubling. Beam Suntory's Chief Commercial Officer, a gentleman by the name of Julious Grant, acting as an employee, as an officer of the company, acting under the actual and [ap]parent authority of Beam Suntory facilitated the entire fraud as we plead in our complaint."
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"50 Cent’s Liquor Company Sire Spirits Involved in Legal Fight" by Lisa Evers was published in Fox 5 New York on March 11, 2024.