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Alison Clem, with a Michelin star award-winning owner of Meghan and Harry’s favorite BBQ restaurant, is charged for fraud worth $ 350,000

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hugged Restauranteur Alison Clem from Texas during a visit to her popular eatery in Austin, La Barbecue, in March 2024

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry may have to start screening the company that they run – or the companies they support – now it appears that the owner of one of their favorite restaurants has been charged due to fraud.

The Duchess of Sussex already had to deal with a setback after the release of her upcoming Netflix lifestyle and cooking show with Love, Meghan was postponed from January 15 to March 4 because of the fires in Los Angeles.

But now, DailyMail.com can reveal, the new release date coincides with the indictment against the restorer Alison Clem, who was awarded a Michelin star, who supported the couple last March during a very public visit to her restaurant in Texas.

According to legal documents, the 43-year-old Clem, owner of La Barbecue in Austin, is being charged for an insurance fraud worth $ 350,000, with an employee being injured during work.

Meghan, 43, and Harry, 40, were seen while they rubbed the elbows with Clem at the popular BBQ restaurant where they had stopped for a meal and a photo-up while they were in the city for the SXSW festival where the Duchess appeared on a panel -littered panel that discusses cyberbullying alongside Brooke shields And Katie Couric.

It was not just a quick in-and-out visit. Clem’s Eetcafé was specially selected because of their public performance, where the couple was depicted while they talked to the restaurant owner and gave her a warm embrace.

On a series of photos that were shared on social media at the time, Clem can be seen in conversation with the Koningshuis, who also posed with all the staff. They were given a tour of the restaurant building, including the outside.

People Journal reported that the visit was planned and approved by the restaurant in advance.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hugged Restauranteur Alison Clem from Texas during a visit to her popular eatery in Austin, La Barbecue, in March 2024

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were chatting at the barbecue with the owner with a Michelin star, who is now engaged in an insurance fraud, DailyMail.com has heard

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were chatting at the barbecue with the owner with a Michelin star, who is now engaged in an insurance fraud, DailyMail.com has heard

The couple, whose visit to the restaurant was reportedly planned in advance, later complimented the owner and said it was the best barbecue they had ever had.

The couple, whose visit to the restaurant was reportedly planned in advance, later complimented the owner and said it was the best barbecue they had ever had.

‘Their visit was planned. They let us know that she wanted to come by, but did not know that Harry would come, “operational director Cory Rivademar of the restaurant told the magazine at the time.

‘They came in and toured the pits with Frankie, the Pitman, and talked about how hot it was around the pits. That’s funny, because this is Texas, and actually it can be much hotter than today. ”

After the visit, Rivademar apparently received an SMS from Meghan’s representatives stating that it was the best BBQ they had ever eaten.

In November, Clem’s Dinner received a Michelin star for his barbecue in Texas style, where it was claimed on the website of the restaurant that she is one of the ‘top barbecue chefs in the world’.

Although that kind of culinary expertise especially Meghan, 43, would appeal to it, it seems that they did not conduct a full antecedent research at Clem.

Otherwise it would have come to light that she had been sued for an employee compensation fraud worth $ 350,000.

The indictment is related to a lawsuit due to personal injury, brought by employee Aaron Gomez, who lost four fingers to his dominant left hand in July 2016 while operating a kitchen device.

At the time of the accident, Clem and her co-founder, Leanne Mueller-who died in June at the age of 52-had been working for twenty months without employee insurance coverage, according to legal documents obtained by DailyMail.com.

Clem is charged for an accident at work in which employee Aaron Gomez was involved in 2016

Aaron Gomez

Clem is charged for an accident at work in which employee Aaron Gomez was involved in 2016

Meghan and Harry posed with all the staff for a photo and were given a tour of the restaurant during their controversial visit

Meghan and Harry posed with all the staff for a photo and were given a tour of the restaurant during their controversial visit

Gomez lost four fingers to his dominant left hand in July 2016 while operating a kitchen appliance

Gomez lost four fingers to his dominant left hand in July 2016 while operating a kitchen appliance

After Gomez’s injury, Clem contacted Paychex Insurance to obtain coverage for compensation from the employees and asked to turn it back to three weeks before the accident occurred, according to an indictment submitted by the Texas Department of Insurance.

Mueller would have signed the application and claimed that the company had not suffered previous losses and had not made the Gomez accident public.

At a later time, Mueller and Clem claimed the damage, and this was approved by the insurers of the policy, travelers casualy Insurance Company of America, who granted Gomez $ 350,000 to compensation and was responsible for the care of his injury for the rest of the period. His life.

They were charged in August 2022 for insurance fraud and since then the case has been running through the court.

A hearing is planned for March.

If Clem is found guilty by the Travis County District Court, he will have to pay a refund plus double what travelers have handed out to Gomez, so $ 700,000, according to a press release from the Texas Department of Insurance.

In a separate lawsuit, Gomez personally filed a complaint against Clem and her GGG Ventures LLC company in October 2023, in which he claimed that the incident took place ‘as a result of unsafe working conditions and training’. The case is still ongoing.

In the meantime, Meghan announced last week that she postponed the debut of her Netflix series with almost two months from January 15.

Markle reportedly found the decision to postpone her Netflix cooking program with Love, Meghan because of the fires in 'easy'

Markle reportedly found the decision to postpone her Netflix cooking program with Love, Meghan because of the fires in ‘easy’

Meghan Markle has postponed the release of her new Netflix show to March 4 because of the forest fires in LA

Meghan Markle has postponed the release of her new Netflix show to March 4 because of the forest fires in LA

“I am grateful to my partners at Netflix for their support in postponing the launch, while we concentrate on the needs of those affected by the forest fires in my home state of California,” she said in a statement.

The couple has had a few tough weeks. They were beaten in one Vanity Beurs Article because of alleged bullying of staff and try to earn money with everything they do.

A neighbor in Montecito called the couple the “most rightful, unfair people on earth.”

And another resident told Vanity Fair: “They moved from England to escape the criticism of the press and all they do is try to get to the press in the United States.”

Only a few days before that article was published, Meghan and Harry were seen in an evacuation center in LA, where they handed out food packages and spoke with survivors of the forest fires.

The two were later accused of being ‘ramptoerists’ by Hollywood actress Justine Bateman, who claimed on X that the couple was alone for the ‘photo-op’.

The Duke and Duchess reportedly found the comments ‘offensive’, according to sources who noticed that Meghan was ‘deep -sad’ as a resident of LA ‘Deep’ disaster.

A source told Page Six: ‘It is offensive to Meghan and Harry that someone would think that this is just a photo moment.

“Meghan was born and raised in Los Angeles, so this is and remains her home.”

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