Inside Sam Wood’s secret legal wars before DV charges: Court documents reveal bitter battles with ex-business partners – and how the Keep It Cleaner girls turned on him
Court documents and previous disputes show that Sam Wood’s fitness business faced bitter legal battles with former commercial partners before he sold it for a reported $15 million. The accounts add context to the rise of his 28 by Sam Wood platform, while Wood is now in custody in Queensland awaiting trial on domestic violence charges, which he has not been convicted of.
One dispute followed the breakdown of a 2016 deal with Loup, which accused Wood of withholding $400,000 in payments; Wood alleged Loup breached the agreement, and the case was settled out of court. Two businessmen separately claimed they had been promised a 25 per cent stake in the platform, a claim Wood denied; their case was dismissed by consent in 2019. The article also refers to tax issues and accusations that the platform copied rival recipes, but the supplied text ends before giving details of those claims.
- Wood’s fitness business faced disputes with former partners.
- Loup’s claim for $400,000 was settled out of court.
- Wood denies agreeing to give two businessmen a 25 per cent stake.