When a top affiliate of an MLM company departs after nineteen years, you expect some fallout.

What you don’t expect though is systematical sabotage from within, an orchestrated campaign to run a company into the ground if you will – all in the name of launching a new venture.

So alleges a March 23rd lawsuit, filed by
Youngevity
against former top-earner Todd Smith and
Wakaya Perfection
, a recently launched rival startup.

Our characters in this lawsuit are

Todd Smith – Wakaya Perfection co-founder and former “trusted, top-level distributor” in Youngevity through Total Nutrition Inc.

Blake Graham – former “top-level distributor” in Youngevity and part-owner of Total Nutrition Inc.

Total Nutrition Inc. – a Utah corporation formed in 1996 that owned a Youngevity affiliate position up until March, 2016

William “Bill” Andreoli – former President of Youngevity with purported “undisclosed financial interests in Wakaya Perfection”

Andre Vaughn – former “top-level distributor” in Youngevity

Patti Gardner – former Youngevity Vice-President of Sales and co-President of Heritage Makers (acquired by Youngevity in 2013) and

Brytt Cloward – former Youngevity Vice-President of Marketing and co-President of Heritage Makers

Youngevity refer to Todd Smith as a “disgruntled former Youngevity distributor” and root his motivation for launching Wakaya Perfection in jealousy.

Todd Smith, once loyal to Youngevity, came to resent it as the growth of the company brought in more distributors with status equal to his own and income exceeding his.

Youngevity was evidently growing outside of Smith’s downline, leaving him stung by the pang of being left behind.

In an attempt to catch up, Smith began marketing Youngevity in Mexico “without Youngevity authorization or Mexican legal approvals”. That stunt earned him reprimand on behalf of Youngevity corporate.

Smith translated his dissatisfaction with those reprimands and his increasing immersion in a sea of up and coming new Youngevity leaders into a design to induce Youngevity distributors to defect from the company.

Seeds of resentment were purportedly first sown at an expenses-paid Youngevity cruise for affiliates held in early 2015.

Tom Chenault, a well-known top-earner in Youngevity, organized a meeting between top Youngevity affiliates at the event.

At that meeting, coconspirators Dave Pitcock (a top-level Youngevity distributor), his wife Barb Pitcock (a top-level Youngevity distributor), Andre Vaughn (a top-level Youngevity distributor), Bill Andreoli (President of Youngevity), and Todd Smith (a top-level Youngevity distributor), all publicly expressed dissatisfaction with Youngevity and condemned company officers.

Oh to have been a fly on the wall of
that
meeting…

Remarkably, due to his current position of President of Youngevity, Bill Andreoli purportedly told those in attendance that ” if anyone left Youngevity, he would leave with them.”

Chenault’s position at the meeting is not disclosed in

🤖 Quick Answer

What is the central allegation in Youngevity's lawsuit against Todd Smith and Wakaya Perfection?
Youngevity alleges systematic sabotage and orchestrated campaign by former top-level distributor Todd Smith and rival startup Wakaya Perfection to undermine the company while launching their competing venture, following Smith's departure after nineteen years as a top earner.

Who are the key parties involved in the March 23rd lawsuit?
The lawsuit involves Todd Smith, Wakaya Perfection co-founder and former Youngevity top-level distributor; Blake Graham, another former top-level distributor and part-owner of Total Nutrition Inc.; and Total Nutrition Inc., a Utah corporation formed in 1996 holding Youngevity affiliate position.

What role did Total Nutrition Inc. play in the Youngevity organization?
Total Nutrition Inc., established in

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