‘The Profit’ Producers Beat $30 Million Arbitration Lawsuit Filed by Bankrupt Contestant

NBCUniversal and two other companies linked to the CNBC show and host Marcus Lemonis have been collectively awarded $7.1 million

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JULY 27: Marcus Lemonis speaks onstage during a panel discussion at the NBC portion of the 2013 Summer Television Critics Association tour – Day 4 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 27, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

The producers of CNBC’s “The Profit” have beaten a $30 million arbitration lawsuit filed by the trustee of a bankrupt contestant that appeared on the show in 2015.

Last year, Lynn E. Feldman, Esquire, the Chapter 7 trustee for the estate of Pennsylvania design company Precise Graphix, LLC, sued NBCUniversal, Camping World Inc., a vehicle retailer partially owned by Marcus Lemonis, and the production company Machete for $30 million in damages, alleging that the show committed fraud and breach of contract that led to the company’s bankruptcy in 2021.

In May, an arbitrator dismissed those claims, finding that they were “unsupported by competent, credible evidence.”

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