Answer: “That’s a good question.  Looking back, it was probably a mistake not to respond to the Piller articles sooner.  Our thought was to “take the high road” as the accusations were so outlandish.  And despite sending Piller information, he clearly had an agenda and chose to ignore primary sources.  After his first article, our attorneys suggested we not respond to his further questions.  We probably should have responded with force earlier, as the second story wouldn’t have caused so much damage.  He’s actually a very pleasant guy to speak with over the phone. I’ve never met him in person, and don’t know why he had an agenda.  But clearly he did.  In speaking with the guys who hired and fired him years ago at the LA Times, they said that his reputation was as a journalist who couldn’t quite deliver the goods. So, I guess this is just another example.  Once those allegations piqued the government’s curiosity, we had to respond and we posted a corporate response.  And then when the FBI showed up with a subpoena, it was truly ironic.  I told them how ironic it was that Proove had the only technology with peer-reviewed published evidence to help solve the dueling health crises of chronic pain and opioid abuse – a cause that we should working together with the Department of Justice on solving – yet they were wasting their time looking into false allegations instead of working together with us to help people.  We obviously cooperated with the government – as we always had.  However, never in a million years, did I ever think that false allegations from disgruntled ex-employees would be given any credibility. Unfortunately, they were given an audience.  And so employees that I had personally helped – whether it was paying off Bruce’s credit cards and giving him money for a housing down payment, or paying for Rhonda’s mother’s funeral and internment, or you name it, all of those good deeds came back to bite me as those became the people who spread the lies.”

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