A California woman is taking on Pruvit over what she says is a simple con: the company calls them independent distributors, but treats them like employees without paying them like one.
Jennifer Carrera filed the class-action lawsuit in Contra Costa Superior Court on February 13th, 2025. She's suing Pruvit Ventures Inc., its parent company LaCore Enterprises LLC, and eight company executives: Brian Underwood, Christopher Harding, Terry Lacore, Jennifer Grace, Debra Aaron, and Blake Mallen.
The timing is sharp. Pruvit sold to HerbaLife just weeks later in March 2025, but that won't shield the defendants from Carrera's allegations.
Carrera says the scheme works like this: Pruvit tells its promoters they can build their own business. What they actually do is provide free marketing and sales work on social media, refer new customers, handle customer service, and drive traffic to Pruvit's website. In return, they get minimal commissions. Carrera claims she "was paid virtually nothing."
The company banks on operating as a multi-level marketing business, a structure designed to dodge employment laws. But Carrera is hitting them with California's AB 5, a 2019 law that flipped the script on who counts as an employee.
Under AB 5's "ABC test," workers are employees unless the company proves three things: the worker operates independently, does work outside the company's usual business, and regularly works that same trade for others. Pruvit fails on the first point alone. The company's marketing guidelines, sales directives, and commission structure mean promoters aren't free agents—they're directed labor.
Pruvit's defense might hinge on AB 5's "direct sales" exemption for door-to-door and in-home salespeople. But that exemption specifically requires in-person demonstrations to be the primary sales method. Pruvit operates online. Carrera argues the exemption doesn't apply.
The suit alleges Pruvit violates AB 5 by misclassifying workers as independent contractors when they should be employees. If Carrera wins, class members could recover unpaid wages, overtime compensation, penalties, and interest—potentially running into millions given how many distributors Pruvit recruited over the years.
For a company that promised everyday people a shot at entrepreneurship, Carrera's lawsuit suggests Pruvit was really just building an army of unpaid workers. The question now is whether California courts agree.
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What is the Pruvit class-action lawsuit filed in California in 2025?Jennifer Carrera filed a class-action lawsuit against Pruvit Ventures Inc., LaCore Enterprises LLC, and eight company executives in Contra Costa Superior Court on February 13, 2025. The complaint alleges that Pruvit misclassified its promoters as independent distributors while treating them as employees, thereby avoiding obligations such as wages, benefits, and expense reimbursements required under California employment law.
Who are the defendants named in the Pruvit class-action lawsuit?
The defendants include Pruvit Ventures Inc., its parent company LaCore Enterprises LLC, and eight individual executives: Brian Underwood, Christopher Harding, Terry Lacore, Jennifer Grace, Debra Aaron, and Blake Mallen. The lawsuit holds both corporate entities and leadership personally accountable for the
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