Monsanto has built its brand on lies and deception. But you’d think if someone offered to pay $66 billion to buy it out, company executives might play it straight with the buyers.
But, no. This week, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reports that, true to form, Monsanto withheld internal papers relevant to the lawsuit against the company by former school groundskeeper, Dewayne “Lee” Johnson. Monsanto was ordered to pay $289.2 million to Johnson after the jury decided that exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
With Monsanto now facing thousands of similar lawsuits, Bayer is scrambling to publicly reassure shareholders, who want answers after watching the company’s stock plummet.
Bayer CEO Werner Bauman is doing his best to paint a sunny future for the company, despite Monsanto’s mounting legal woes.
Good luck with that.
Meanwhile we look forward to our own day in court with Monsanto. In May, a federal judge ruled that our lawsuit against Monsanto for the deceptive labeling, marketing and selling of Roundup retail products can proceed.
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