Why Meri’s link to LuLaRoe Fashion Co is controversial
Sister Wives star Meri Brown works with women’s fashion company LuLaRoe. Fans are angry with Meri for working with the alleged pyramid scheme.
Meri Brown is no stranger to finding herself in unfortunate circumstances on Sister Wives, and the famous polygamist is at the center of controversy again due to her work with LuLaRoe Fashion Co. Throughout her reality TV run, Meri has been documented facing heartache and catfish scandals. . Now she is under surveillance for her work at LuLaRoe. Fans are happy to see Meri branch out from Kody, but here’s why viewers think it’s wrong for Meri to work with the problematic company.
Meri worked to gain her independence from Kody as their marriage deteriorated in the decade they played Sister Wives. While all of her sister brides are traditional and value conventions such as letting the Patriarch provide for the family, Meri slowly struggled to distance herself from Kody. While Meri might have wanted to stay dependent on her husband, she’s learned the hard way that she can’t expect too much from Kody. Ever since Robyn Brown joined Kody’s complicated family in 2010, the husband has neglected Meri. Left without a trusted source of love and financial support, Meri embarked on her own journey. Sadly, Meri’s career plans have proven to be as unreliable as her apathetic husband.
Meri’s dream has always been to open a Bed and Breakfast. Fans were in favor of Meri continuing this business, even when Kody was not. Meri’s B&B, Lizzie’s Heritage Inn, has had its ups and downs since it opened in 2017. The inn is not Meri’s only source of income, however. In 2016, Meri and her sister wife Christine Brown started working for LuLaRoe, a women’s fashion retailer. LuLaRoe is known to recruit individual distributors like Meri and Christine, whom they call fashion consultants. LuLaRoe’s fashion consultants typically sell their products online and through social media. Indeed, the first words of Meri Instagram biographies are “Independent fashion retailer LuLaRoe.” According to Business intern, LuLaRoe sold around $ 1.8 billion worth of clothing in 2016, thanks to the work of 80,000 independent retailers like Meri.
While this may sound like a great business model, LuLaRoe has been accused of being a pyramid scheme. The fashion business is a multi-level marketing business, and these types of businesses are often exposed to pyramid schemes. In January 2019, the Washington State Attorney General’s Office sued Meri Brown’s employer LuLaRoe for acting like a pyramid scheme and making misleading tax returns. United States today reported the statement by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, “LuLaRoe has tricked consumers into buying into its pyramid scheme with deceptive claims of high profits and refunds for unsold merchandise … It’s time to hold LuLaRoe accountable for its deception.” Although the fashion company denied any wrongdoing, LuLaRoe paid more than $ 4 million to settle the lawsuit. After finding out that LuLaRoe abused her employees, fans are disappointed that Meri is still working with the allegedly criminal company.
Fans want Meri to have her independence, but no one is arguing that Meri is involved in a company accused of taking advantage of her employees. Meri often receives public sympathy for being emotionally abused by Kody, but that would not allow the reality TV star to participate in a pyramid scheme. Hope Meri will rely on her Sister Wives returned and ditch LuLaRoe before she finds herself in the middle of a trial.
Sources: Meri Brown / Instagram, Business Insider, USA Today
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