Ian Carroll
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really strike me as the kind of thing that's safe when you're putting together all sorts of rides and dangerous equipment that children are going to be playing on, but it is cheaper. I'll give them that. So, What Tiffany Cianci and all of the other franchisees at the Little Gym have been through has been horrendous.
really strike me as the kind of thing that's safe when you're putting together all sorts of rides and dangerous equipment that children are going to be playing on, but it is cheaper. I'll give them that. So, What Tiffany Cianci and all of the other franchisees at the Little Gym have been through has been horrendous.
really strike me as the kind of thing that's safe when you're putting together all sorts of rides and dangerous equipment that children are going to be playing on, but it is cheaper. I'll give them that. So, What Tiffany Cianci and all of the other franchisees at the Little Gym have been through has been horrendous.
It has been a multi-year process of intimidation and of coercion and of very complicated changes to their businesses that do not benefit them or their children. At least that's how they see it. But... There's a darker and deeper side of the story. And that's when you start to realize that private equity is a team. It's a club. And they are all friends together.
It has been a multi-year process of intimidation and of coercion and of very complicated changes to their businesses that do not benefit them or their children. At least that's how they see it. But... There's a darker and deeper side of the story. And that's when you start to realize that private equity is a team. It's a club. And they are all friends together.
It has been a multi-year process of intimidation and of coercion and of very complicated changes to their businesses that do not benefit them or their children. At least that's how they see it. But... There's a darker and deeper side of the story. And that's when you start to realize that private equity is a team. It's a club. And they are all friends together.
And none of them really want the boat to be rocked. And so when Tiffany started rocking the boat, when Tiffany stood up to these people and organized with her other franchisees, and then when she wouldn't go away and be silenced, they decided that they were going to make an example out of her. And they have done a number of things over the years, things that are almost unspeakable.
And none of them really want the boat to be rocked. And so when Tiffany started rocking the boat, when Tiffany stood up to these people and organized with her other franchisees, and then when she wouldn't go away and be silenced, they decided that they were going to make an example out of her. And they have done a number of things over the years, things that are almost unspeakable.
And none of them really want the boat to be rocked. And so when Tiffany started rocking the boat, when Tiffany stood up to these people and organized with her other franchisees, and then when she wouldn't go away and be silenced, they decided that they were going to make an example out of her. And they have done a number of things over the years, things that are almost unspeakable.
And we don't have time to speak of all of them because there are so many. But perhaps the most unspeakable or at least the most inhumane that was done to Tiffany was captured in court during one of her depositions. And... I'm going to let her speak for herself, but I do want you to know that this is going to be hard to watch, especially if you're a mother.
And we don't have time to speak of all of them because there are so many. But perhaps the most unspeakable or at least the most inhumane that was done to Tiffany was captured in court during one of her depositions. And... I'm going to let her speak for herself, but I do want you to know that this is going to be hard to watch, especially if you're a mother.
And we don't have time to speak of all of them because there are so many. But perhaps the most unspeakable or at least the most inhumane that was done to Tiffany was captured in court during one of her depositions. And... I'm going to let her speak for herself, but I do want you to know that this is going to be hard to watch, especially if you're a mother.
But this is what happened to Tiffany Cianci.
But this is what happened to Tiffany Cianci.
But this is what happened to Tiffany Cianci.
So that's where we wound up, all because Michael Browning Jr. wanted to be a big boy like his daddy and run a giant... empire of children's focused franchises. And when those franchises spoke up and said that this is not how you run a toddler gym, this is not how you run a martial arts academy, they stomped down. The problem was they stomped down on the wrong woman.
So that's where we wound up, all because Michael Browning Jr. wanted to be a big boy like his daddy and run a giant... empire of children's focused franchises. And when those franchises spoke up and said that this is not how you run a toddler gym, this is not how you run a martial arts academy, they stomped down. The problem was they stomped down on the wrong woman.
So that's where we wound up, all because Michael Browning Jr. wanted to be a big boy like his daddy and run a giant... empire of children's focused franchises. And when those franchises spoke up and said that this is not how you run a toddler gym, this is not how you run a martial arts academy, they stomped down. The problem was they stomped down on the wrong woman.
And Tiffany Cianci would not give up and would not die. And she is still fighting to this day. And by the way, those email chains that she mentioned, yeah. We got them and they're all right there. And yes, they do clearly say exactly what Tiffany was alleging on that stand in that deposition. And a running theme throughout this whole thing will be that when you're in arbitration,
And Tiffany Cianci would not give up and would not die. And she is still fighting to this day. And by the way, those email chains that she mentioned, yeah. We got them and they're all right there. And yes, they do clearly say exactly what Tiffany was alleging on that stand in that deposition. And a running theme throughout this whole thing will be that when you're in arbitration,