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Gossip: Uber For Escorts Makes Finding Fun More Efficient; Whitney Port Not Having Sex While Pregnant

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Gossip: Uber For Escorts Makes Finding Fun More Efficient; Whitney Port Not Having Sex While Pregnant

Do you need to hire an escort but you’re not sure where to look? Are the M4M pages of Craigslist a little too sketchy for you? Are you low on cash but you’ve got space on your credit card?

Rendevu is a new app specifically for escorts and their customers. Widely considered the “Uber for escorts,” it allows sex workers post real time availability, list their prices, and display customer ratings.

The UK-based app also allows clients to book appointments within five minutes–five minutes!–and enter their credit card info to pay for services.

In other words: No more leaving the money on the nightstand.

It’s also being praised for making sex work safer, as the appointment process involves an ID confirmation and all appointments are privately tracked. Once the appointment is over, the data is erased, meaning nobody knows it ever even happened. Clever, no?

“People never think about online security from the point of view of a sex industry worker,” CEO Reuben Coppa told the Daily Mail in a recent interview. “But they arguably need it more than any other professional.”

Rendevu only recently launched but it appears to be on the up and up. It just secured $700,000 in a recent round of funding, making it the only funded app in its niche.

“We’re a technology company entering adult services, not the other way around,” says Coppa. “This gives us a unique perspective on the industry and helps us solve safety, efficiency and usability issues effectively.”

Whitney Port Not Having Sex While Pregnant

Pressing pause! Whitney Port admitted that being pregnant has placed a hiatus on her sex life with husband Tim Rosenman.

While appearing as a guest on The Ladygang podcast, the 32-year-old reality star revealed that being intimate while pregnant “is so not for me.”

The Hills alum also opened up about feeling insecure during her pregnancy. “I feel so uncomfortable with my body that I can’t get into the mood,” she elaborated on the Tuesday, June 20 episode. “Like, I can’t feel sexy.”

While Port disclosed that she and Rosenman do “other things” in the bedroom, they pulled the plug on the lovemaking “once the belly really started happening.”

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Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman Pay Gap Is A Giant Misunderstanding

Brendan Bures
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Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman Pay Gap Is A Giant Misunderstanding

We need to stop assuming everything we read in a headline as truth. Otherwise it leads to wild misunderstandings posing as (don’t say alternative facts) facts. You perhaps read the viral Elle article that posited Gal Gadot earned just $300,000 for playing Wonder Woman while Henry Cavill received $14 million for Man of Steel. “The most compelling DC villain is the pay gap,” wrote Lauren Duca in a since-deleted tweet.

While it’s easy to believe that wage gap in Hollywood, the stat itself doesn’t hold up. That Cavill made $14 million remains unverifiable. Meanwhile, Gadot’s $300,000 figures appears to be a base salary she signed with Warner Bros. for three films—Batman v. Superman, Wonder Woman, and the upcoming Justice League.

In addition, that $300,000 is the same salary given to Chris Evans for the first Captain America movie and more than what some of his Avengers teammates made in their first team-up. While Gadot is assuredly an A-list title thanks to Wonder Woman’s success, her biggest role beforehand was as a Fast and Furious supporting character.

Hollywood has established the following strategy for paying actors in superhero films: identify unproven talent, pay them low base salary, then incentivize them with box-office rewards if they succeed. Cavill’s dubious $14 million figure would come primarily on the backend then. In other words, no way he received a $14 million paycheck to play Superman.

Via Vulture:

Contrary to reports, Gadot’s Batman v. Superman costar Henry Cavill didn’t make anywhere near $14 million to play Superman in Man of Steel, an eye-popping figure that makes Gadot’s paycheck seem paltry in comparison. […] Were it true, it would be evidence of a sexist double standard, but a source tells me that the relatively unknown Cavill made a six-figure paycheck comparable to Gadot’s for Man of Steel and that his co-star Amy Adams, a much bigger name, pulled in seven figures to play his Lois Lane.

But you shouldn’t worry about Gadot. Her massive payday is coming. As mentioned above the Justice League movie will end her three-movie deal. With plans of Wonder Woman 2 already discussed, she can negotiate a contract she’s proven to be worth now.

Who Is Going To Finish Directing the Han Solo Movie?

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Who Is Going To Finish Directing the Han Solo Movie?

Phil Lord and Chris Miller create subversive, referential films that often poke fun at conventional Hollywood notions. Their movies always remind you that you’re watching a movie. Lord and Miller are visionary directives with a distinctive voice, who will maintain their unique perspective regardless of the situation. They did so on 21 Jump Street and a giant studio tentpole like Lego Movie. It appears they were doing the same on the untitled Han Solo anthology film, and Lucasfilm executives weren’t fans. Lord and Miller were fired from directing the movie Tuesday. Reports have surfaced over creative clashes on set between the Lord/Miller duo with producer Kathleen Kennedy, other Lucasfilm team members, and executive producer/screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan.

Here is what Kennedy, who is also president of Lucasfilm, said in a statement: “Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are talented filmmakers who have assembled an incredible cast and crew, but it’s become clear that we had different creative visions on this film, and we’ve decided to part ways. A new director will be announced soon.”

Meanwhile, a statement from Lord and Miller read: “Unfortunately, our vision and process weren’t aligned with our partners on this project. We normally aren’t fans of the phrase ‘creative differences’ but for once this cliché is true. We are really proud of the amazing and world-class work of our cast and crew.”

So just what the hell is going on here? The film has been shooting since February in London and was reportedly weeks away from finishing. Reshoots were already scheduled for later this summer, as is expected with a giant action movie like this one, but it remains highly suspicious and perplexing just why Lord and Miller were fired.

A Variety source says Kennedy and Kasdan did not agree with how Lord and Miller engaged with cast and crew. Their shooting style and process were not in line with what the studio expected. As the source said, “It was a culture clash from day one. [Kennedy] didn’t even like the way they folded their socks.” Also adding: “They weren’t given the leeway to do what they had to do.”

Kasdan has been an integral member of the Star Wars and Lucasfilm family since the 1980s, when he received screenwriting credits for Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. He was brought on the JJ Abrams-directed Force Awakens reboot to reshape the classic Star Wars tone. He too criticized the Lord/Miller production way.

“Kathy, her team, and Larry Kasdan have been doing it their way for a very long time. They know how the cheese is made and that’s how they want it made,” said the Variety source. “It became a very polarizing set.”

Fans will remember a similarly murky production followed Rogue One. Veteran screenwriter Tony Gilroy was brought on late to punch up the screenplay and reportedly oversaw extensive reshoots of the film. A spokesperson said he will not take over directing duties. Two other potentials include Ron Howard, who declined comment, and Captain America director Joe Johnston. Nothing remains confirmed at this time.

The most interesting part of the Variety report is this section, which implicates Kennedy as a problematic force:

Some insiders believe that while Kennedy wants to make a splash by hiring young indie directors such as Gareth Edwards (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”) and Rian Johnson (“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”), she’s ultimately unwilling to empower them to make their own creative decisions.

Unlike Edwards and Johnson, Miller and Lord felt they had earned their stripes, having worked extensively in the major studio system.

Who knows what this means. This is not Lucasfilm firing Josh Trank, whose erratic behavior on Fantastic Four led to his own demise. There remains more to this story we aren’t currently aware. Hopefully we’ll learn more information soon.

Everything You Need To Know About NJ Marijuana Legalization

Terry Hacienda
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Everything You Need To Know About NJ Marijuana Legalization

The mother of a New Jersey state senator may prove to be the final straw in the state’s battle over NJ marijuana legislation.

Sen. Nicholas Scutari, a Democrat from Union, spoke passionately on Monday about his mother’s experience trying to get medical marijuana to treat her multiple sclerosis.

“Opioids you can get all day long. Doctors can prescribe opioids like it’s going out of style,” Scutari said. “I didn’t want to say this but my mother can get 120 opioids at the drop of a hat  because she has multiple sclerosis, but to try to get marijuana it’s such rigamarole, she won’t do it. It’s so much easier to get this narcotic, but she can’t get the marijuana that would probably benefit her under the bill I passed seven years ago. With all the hurdles we have put up, my mother can’t get it.”

Scutari is the author of SB 3195, the much-anticipated bill legalizing recreational cannabis in New Jersey. After visiting Colorado and witnessing its marijuana program in action, Scutari and other legislators have designed a bill resembling Colorado’s. New Jersey’s SB 3195 will:

  • Legalize the possession of one ounce of marijuana flower, seven ounces of concentrate, 16 ounces of edible products infused with cannabis, seven grams of cannabis concentrate, and 72 ounces of infused liquid for adults over 21 years of age.
  • Eliminate sales tax on medical cannabis purchases and install a sales tax schedule on recreational purchases. The tax rate the first year is proposed to be 7 percent, 10 percent in year two, and then increase by 5 percent each year after that until reaching 25 percent.
  • Expunge criminal charges related to possession of marijuana.
  • Create a new division within the Office of the Attorney General that would be charged with overseeing the program.

The legalization campaign kicked off on Monday when a Senate committee met to discuss  the bill. The five-hour hearing was heated at times as Scutari battled cannabis opponents.

For years, the fight to legalize in the state has been stymied by Gov. Chris Christie, a longtime opponent of marijuana use. But Christie’s term ends in only six months and this November’s election will pit Democratic candidate Phil Murphy against Republican Kim Guadagno.

Murphy will be campaigning in favor of legalization while Guadagno will run opposed to it. With the battlelines drawn, here iw what New Jersey residents need to know about SB 3195:

The Economic Case:

A recent study revealed that legalization will bring in $300 million in revenue to the state coffers. Christie has called this revenue “a rounding error” in the state’s $35 billion budget.

According to Scutari:

“We know that legalizing marijuana will result in hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue, the creation of thousands of jobs and a substantial increase in economic activity. It will also mean savings for law enforcement, safer streets, and importantly, a fairer way of treating our residents.”

The Social Justice Case

Marijuana laws have had a disproportionate impact on communities of color, according to the Drug Policy Alliance. African Americans are three times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than whites even though both use marijuana at the same rates. Anecdotal evidence suggests similar disparities for Latinos. In addition to the severe long-term consequences of a marijuana conviction, marijuana laws have been used to support biased policies like stop and frisk, racial profiling and the deportation of people of color.

For gubernatorial candidate Murphy, this is the key reason for legalization:

“The criminalization of marijuana has only served to clog our courts and cloud people’s futures, so we will legalize marijuana. And while there are financial benefits, this is overwhelmingly about doing what is right and just.”

And there is a high price to pay for law enforcement of marijuana laws. The state spends and estimated $127 million a year on possession enforcement costs, including marijuana possession arrests, which constitute the majority of drug possession arrests.

The ‘Will Of The People’ Case:

Polling in New Jersey shows that nearly 60 percent support regulating and legalizing cannabis.

New Jersey would join eight other states and Washington, D.C that have approved legalized recreational marijuana.

Gossip: We Know Beyonce’s Twins’ Names; Kim Kardashian Was Pregnant In Her Mirror Selfie

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Gossip: We Know Beyonce’s Twins’ Names; Kim Kardashian Was Pregnant In Her Mirror Selfie

MediaTakeOut.com just got a real juicy piece of information – from someone who claims to be close with the Jay Z/Bey camp.

According to our insider, the first couple is being extra tight lipped about their new twins – who are set to be released from the hospital any day now.

But the insider gave us the names. The insider EXCLUSIVELY told MediaTakeOut.com, “They had twins, the boy’s name is Shawn after his dad, and the girl’s name is Bea – after their parents.”

Too cute! Shawn Jr. and Bea Carter – we LOVE IT!!

Kim Kardashian Was Pregnant In Her Mirror Selfie

Kim Kardashian broke the internet while she was pregnant.

During her latest appearance on The View, the mom-of-two revealed she was actually carrying Saint West when she took the now-infamous naked mirror selfie that sparked major backlash online. The picture was shared in 2016 just three months after she had given birth to her son.

“I was actually pregnant in that photo,” she shared. “I just found out I was pregnant and so I had to dye my hair back. I thought, ‘You know what this is my one last shot of a good photo before my body is done,’ so I took a pic.”

“[I] truly was baffled when people still cared,” Kim recalled of its reaction. “They have seen me naked 500 times.”

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Toxic Marijuana Concentrate Additives Can Endanger Patients

Adrian Devitt-Lee
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Toxic Marijuana Concentrate Additives Can Endanger Patients

In the summer of 2015, Project CBD published a report by Dr. Jahan Marcu that exposed the potential hazards of heating and inhaling propylene glycol (PG), a widely used thinning agent in many cannabis oil products, including vape pen cartridges. Project CBD was the first cannabis industry watchdog to call attention to research showing that when PG is heated in an electronic vaporizer, it can decompose into formaldehyde, a potent carcinogen. We noted with concern that thinning agents such as PGare typically present in hemp-derived CBD oil extracts. Nearly every hemp CBD vape oil brand we examined included PG or, even worse, polyethylene glycol (PEG), another toxic additive.

A recent peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (JACM) validated the dangers of PG and presented evidence that PEG is even more hazardous when heated. Scientists at the Medical Marijuana Research Institute in Arizona studied the degradation of PG, PEG, vegetable glycerin, and medium-chain triglycerides (such as coconut oil). They heated these compounds to 230˚C, a high but plausible temperature for a vaporizer. PEG produced a large amount of acetaldehyde and formaldehyde, two carcinogens. Their work also confirmed that PG decomposes into formaldehyde at this temperature.

“[F]ormaldehyde inhalation has been linked to increased incidence of myeloid leukemia and nasopharyngeal cancer,” the scientists noted. They determined that the amount of formaldehyde produced by heating pure PEG is comparable to the amount of formaldehyde one inhales when smoking a single tobacco cigarette. Medium-chain triglycerides produced a tiny amount of acetaldehyde (approximately 33 times less than PEG). And vegetable glycerin did not produce detectable amounts of any of the toxins studied.

Vaporizing cannabis is supposed to be a healthier mode of administration than smoking cannabis. But much depends on the quality of the product. In theory, vaporization is supposed to heat the oil enough to release volatile terpenes and cannabinoid compounds (THC, CBD) into the air, but not enough to create smoke. Rather than burning cannabis, which occurs at temperatures above 400˚C, vape oil only needs to be heated to around 160-190˚C for the cannabinoids and terpenes to aerosolize. But the byproducts from chemical reactions that occur around 200˚C aren’t inherently safer than those created by reactions at 400˚C.

In general, very high temperatures are needed to produce carbon monoxide and the many other toxins in smoke. But this doesn’t guarantee the safety of heating unstable chemicals without causing combustion. Compounds like PEG, PG, and certain pesticides degrade into stronger toxins at temperatures that cause cannabinoids to vaporize. For example, the pesticide myclobutanil, sold as Eagle-20, decomposes into hydrogen cyanide when heated.

Since cannabinoids vaporize at temperatures slightly below 230˚C, it is possible to avoid the harms associated with heating cannabis oil mixed with PG or PEG. But in practice, vaporizers rarely distribute heat evenly. The oil closest to the heating unit often reaches a higher temperature than expected, particularly with vape pens and other handheld electronic vaporizers.

These problems have arisen in part because regulations don’t always account for how chemicals are actually consumed—vaporizing, ingesting, and smoking are all fundamentally different ways of administering cannabis. PG is generally recognized as safe to ingest by the FDA, but heating and inhaling it is a different matter entirely. “Cannabis oil that is produced for vaporization is often mixed with PEG400 or PG, which may result in exposure to harmful carcinogenic compounds and subsequent health risks… Patients and policy makers should consider these potential concerns and health effects before use and when drafting legislation that regulates cannabis products,” the JACM report concluded.

Many compounds—thinning agents, pesticides, etc.—are safety tested for ingestion or topical application, but until recently little attention has been paid to what happens if they are heated and absorbed. Some compounds, such as PG and PEG, become more toxic through heat exposure. Others are likely to break down into less harmful components. It is imperative to consider the context in which these chemicals are used, rather than assuming they are safe for the sake of commerce.

This story originally appeared on Project CBD.

5 Obscure Facts About The History Of Pride Month

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5 Obscure Facts About The History Of Pride Month

Happy Pride month! Today’s 30-day celebration and commemoration of LGBTQ culture is here, in full swing. The history of this month is rich and multi-layered. Here are a few fast facts about pride history that you can share with your friends on the way to the parade.

In Memory Of Stonewall

Most people who’ve heard of Pride Month also know about the event that sparked it: The Stonewall Riots. Named for the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City where the riots took place, response to this violent and spontaneous raid on the gay community by the police started it all:

In the early morning hours of Saturday, June 28, 1969, nine policemen entered the Stonewall Inn, arrested the employees for selling alcohol without a license, roughed up many of its patrons, cleared the bar, and—in accordance with a New York criminal statute that authorized the arrest of anyone not wearing at least three articles of gender-appropriate clothing—took several people into custody. It was the third such raid on Greenwich Village gay bars in a short period.

Surprisingly Somber

The first “pride parade” a year later, on June 28, 1970, wasn’t as glitter-glamorous as they are today. An amazing first-person account of the first gay pride march in Manhattan takes you up Sixth Avenue, as Fred Sargeant writes at the Village Voice:

I was astonished; we stretched out as far as I could see, thousands of us. There were no floats, no music, no boys in briefs. The cops turned their backs on us to convey their disdain, but the masses of people kept carrying signs and banners, chanting and waving to surprised onlookers.

The First Chant

Writing about the laborious process of agreeing upon details of the march, Sargeant says:

Even the question of a chant was endlessly discussed—the winner: “Say it clear, say it loud. Gay is good, gay is proud.” Craig and police brass worked out a glitch over permits for the parade and the post-parade “Gay-In” in Central Park’s Sheep Meadow only moments before the events began.

The ‘Mother of Pride’

A bisexual woman, Brenda Howard, was the driving organizational force behind the first march. “You needed some kind of help organizing some type of protest or something in social justice?” Howard’s partner, Larry Nelson, told The Advocate. “All you had to do was call her and she’ll just say when and where.”

A Flag Of Many (More) Colors

The first pride flag was a rainbow that contained more colors than we see displayed today. Each color had its own meaning. Learn more about the history of the flag, here.

5 Strange Facts About Your Favorite Soda Pop

Maria Loreto
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5 Strange Facts About Your Favorite Soda Pop

Soda is delicious but everyone knows that they’re the worst for your body, even if you drink diet. Even though there are a million different researches that highlight all the bad stuff in them, half of the American population drinks around 2.6 a day. To cap that statistic off, soda is also the largest source of sugar in the diets of kids and adolescents. Come on, parents!

One thing is true; sodas changed the world the moment they were created, making it hard to picture a planet where there’s no red Santa Claus (more on that later) and no carbonated drinks. Here are 5 random facts about sodas that you’ve never heard of:

Lithium 7Up

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While lithium is a scary word in 2017, when 7Up was launched in 1929 it was advertised as a “lithiated drink” because it contained, you guessed it, lithium. Also known as that drug used for treating bipolar disorder. How are we all alive right now?

Santa Claus

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St. Nick originally wore a green suit and that changed when Coca-Cola decided that that wasn’t the appropriate look for their ads. In 1931, the company brought in an artist who created the version of red Santa Claus that we know today, changing history forever. Oh, the power of advertising.

Moonshine Dew

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The name Mountain Dew comes from the slang for moonshine. The drink was initially developed by two brothers from Tennessee who developed it as a mixer for whisky.

Kosher Coca Cola

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During the 30’s a rabbi from Atlanta contacted Coca Cola and asked for a product that used sweeteners that weren’t made from grains, so that jewish people could drink it during passover. The company agreed and produced a kosher Coca Cola that’s still sold to this day (it has a yellow cap).

French Wine Coca

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Coca Cola was initially supposed to be an alcoholic drink made out of wine and coke. This was obviously illegal, so the creator John Pemberton dropped the alcoholic part and kept the rest. For how long was cocaine an ingredient of Coca Cola?

First Marijuana Stock ETF Is Plummeting

Al Olson
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First Marijuana Stock ETF Is Plummeting

Two months ago, the Toronto Stock Exchange announced it would begin trading the world’s first marijuana exchange-traded fund, allowing investors to buy shares of a portfolio of marijuana-related stocks. News of the Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences ETF made headlines around the world and the first marijuana stock was heralded as great cannabis investment.

Within a week of its initial offering priced at $10, the shares — using stock ticker HMMJ — soared 18 percent and cannabis industry insiders took this as a sure sign of the market’s maturity and growth potential.

Since then, the shares have fell back down to earth, with the price hovering lately somewhere near $8.50, which is roughly a 16 percent drop from the open price.

What is an EMT?  Here is how NASDAQ defines it:

Exchange Traded Funds are funds that track indexes like the NASDAQ-100 Index, S&P 500, Dow Jones, etc. When you buy shares of an ETF, you are buying shares of a portfolio that tracks the yield and return of its native index. The main difference between ETFs and other types of index funds is that ETFs don’t try to outperform their corresponding index, but simply replicate its performance. They don’t try to beat the market, they try to be the market. ETFs have been around since the early 1980s, but they’ve come into their own within the past 10 years.

So essentially, investors own more than a dozen cannabis stocks through a single investment fund, removing the risk of a bet on one company.

Will there be an industry rebound? Has HMMJ hit bottom?

As for the industry as a whole, Marijuana Business Daily‘s “Marijuana Business Factbook 2017” estimates legal cannabis sales in the U.S. to hit between $5 and 6 billion this year and more than $17 billion by 2021. Cowen & Cowen, an investment firm, recently published a forecast predicting $50 in legal sales by 2026. With that kind of growth, why is the stock index struggling?

Three words: Volatility, uncertainty and consolidation. Although more and more states in the U.S. are opening up the market and Canada will have coast-to-coast legalization next year, the rules and regulations are in flux. Investors want stability and until the governmental bodies provide a solid foundation, money will go elsewhere. And since many of the current businesses are immature, there is no record of success to track.

HMMJ has been hit by the same uncertainty. Earlier this month, Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF announced that it plans to invest in “a slightly broader and diversified portfolio of marijuana-focused companies beyond those focused solely in the medical marijuana industry.”

According to Steve Hawkins, President and Co-CEO of Horizons ETFs:

“The North American marijuana industry continues to evolve rapidly from a regulatory and issuer perspective. We want to ensure that HMMJ has the flexibility to own a diversified portfolio of marijuana industry stocks so it can meet its investment objectives. We have also changed the name of HMMJ to reflect that the ETF will become more than just a medical marijuana ETF, as it will have the potential to invest in a range of recreational cannabis-focused opportunities as applicable laws evolve in both Canada and the United States.“

Winklevoss Twins Are Being Sued For Ditching Marijuana Delivery App

Brendan Bures
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Winklevoss Twins Are Being Sued For Ditching Marijuana Delivery App

Anyone who lives outside Silicon Valley likely knows the Winklevoss twins in relation to Mark Zuckerberg. They were the two rich boys fleeced by Zuckerberg for the inception of Facebook and claimed that Zuck had stolen the idea from them. They sued and were eventually awarded $65 million and Rashida Jones forgave Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network so pretty sure we’re all squared away on that front.

But the Winklevoss twins now find themselves on the opposite side of possibly shady business dealings. Page Six reports Winklevoss Capital is being sued for allegedly backing out of buying an investor’s stock for the marijuana delivery app Eaze. The service called “Uber for weed” is a medical marijuana delivery service received the highest funding for a cannabis startup last year.

The lawsuit filed in a Delaware court by investor Todd Steinberg alleges the Winklevoss twins had signed a contract to buy the shares. Steinberg was an early investor in Eaze, buying shares back in 2014, and was looking to sell. Winklevoss Capital had agreed to buy $465,000 worth of shares and even had a term sheet in place.

However when Eaze announced a new CEO late last year, the twins backed out of the deal. Steinberg claims he hasn’t been able to find a new buyer for the shares in their replacement. Winklevoss Capital has invested in Caviar, Paddle8, and MiniBar, while also in place to reap huge rewards for being early investors in Bitcoin. Winklevoss Captial had also invested in Eaze during its $13 million “Series B” financing back in 2016.

Just because you are rich and famous doesn’t mean you can default,” Steinberg told Page Six. “It’s the difference between right and wrong.”

He also added, “I have never been sued, and, until now, I have never been forced to sue anyone . . . I believe in honoring my commitments. Unfortunately, I have had the opposite experience with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss . . . I believe it is time that somebody stands up to them.”

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