Popular health guru and motivational speaker Coach Stormy Wellington has been hit with a complaint by The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations she used “false or baseless earning claims” to recruit workers for various multilevel marketing (MLM) companies. According to the FTC complaint released April 13, many of the workers employed by the Florida resident, who has been a high level earner in the MLM space for over two decades, allegedly earned “little or no” money from the ventures she promoted.
Coach Stormy Wellington says she’s going to change her “messaging.”
Wellington was accused of using deceptive earning tactics to recruit members for health and wellness company, Total Life Changes, and cosmetic brand, Farmasi, claiming they could earn five figures or more. According to an exclusive interview with Fox 26 Houston’s Isiah Carey, the health and wellness advocate has since undergone an investigation with the FTC and has signed an “agreement” with the agency vowing not to mislead her followers or recruits, a decision she says “significantly affected” her career.
“I don’t know where this came from. I really don’t know how this happened. My career has been significantly affected by the allegations. But the truth is what has happened is already in the past,” she explained during her interview published April 15. “One of the things that I have to change is my messaging.”