{"id":506807,"date":"2026-01-10T19:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/506807\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T19:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:14:09","slug":"the-rock-gets-smack-downed-in-3-million-lawsuit-heres-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/506807\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Rock\u2019 gets smack downed in $3 million lawsuit. Here\u2019s what we know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson\u2019s energy drink brand got the smackdown laid on it in a lawsuit and went down, shoulders on the mat, to the tune of 1-2-3 … yes, a $3 million dollar settlement this week, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n

Wrestling nods out the way, Johnson co-owns ZOA Energy, and the brand agreed this week to settle a class action suit that was filed all the way back in Oct. 23, 2023 in California. The lawsuit claimed that the tasty energy drinks contained chemical preservatives when the brand claimed that they were preservative-free, per USA Today. <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

The outlet reported that ZOA settled without admitting wrongdoing. <\/p>\n

\u201cZOA denies these allegations and maintains that its labeling and marketing are truthful, accurate, and compliant with applicable law,\u201d court documents said per USA Today.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit claimed that the drinks actually contain a large amount of the preservative citric acid, per the report, as well as ascorbic acid. <\/p>\n

Now, per USA Today<\/b><\/a>, folks who drank ZOA with labels claiming that they did not use preservatives between March 1, 2021 and Nov. 21, 2025 are eligible for part of the cash settlement. <\/p>\n

Customers have to provide proof of purchase for a full slice of the settlement, but for those who can\u2019t they can claim $1 per energy drink up to $10 per household, per USA Today. So, most likely, it\u2019s a $10 payout for anyone looking for some cash off of this one. But $10 is better than $0, and for those deceived it is at least something. <\/p>\n

Claims can be filed until Feb. 20, and folks can make that happen by clicking here. <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Of course, there\u2019s still a chance \u201cThe Rock\u201d and his brand might kick out on this one because final approval for the $3 million settlement is set for March 26. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson\u2019s energy drink brand got the smackdown laid on it in a lawsuit and went…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":506808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,171,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-506807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115872403884795521","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}