Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney denied all allegations of wrongdoing in the lawsuit against them filed by Chef Penny Davidi.
Legal deets:
In court documents obtained by In Touch, “Ariana and Katie asked the court to award Penny nothing from her complaint and that the case be dismissed entirely.” Chef Penny, a Celebrity Chef on Food Network, accused them of breaching their deal over their sandwich shop, Something About Her.
Ariana and Katie’s lawyer argued, “Plaintiffs fail to allege facts sufficient to support any claim for relief, including by failing to allege a justiciable controversy.” The duo is doubling down. They asked the court for a “jury trial” in the case.
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Chef Penny’s lawsuit stemmed from her claiming she was a partner in Ariana and Katie’s first restaurant venture. The VPR stars never signed a contract with Penny, so they don’t feel they owe her anything. According to Chef Penny, “Once they agree on email that they agree to my terms and that I should proceed with the work, the intent by California law, I’m a partner.”
“I own 10% of that business,” declared Chef Penny. “Ten percent of the entire brand and of the gross. I wasn’t going to go do auditing on anybody, [but] 10% of every time they took money out of the business, I would take money out of the business.”
Penny “has email proof and text messages proving she was – and still is – a partner. There’s an intent I sent them [and] they’re like, ‘Okay, just email us everything you want and we’ll run it by our attorneys.’ So I have the email. I sent them everything that I wanted.” She demanded, “a monthly fee, and then the percentage of the entire Something About Her brand, not of one store.”
Boots on the ground:
Taste of Reality had the pleasure of dining at Something About Her in August. Read about our amazing experience!
