Former Real Housewives of New York cast member Jill Zarin has responded to a lawsuit from former business partner Noah Springer. She is countersuing him.
The two were former business partners in Jill’s pickleball company. Pickle Pro Labs (PPL) tests pickleball paddles.
The former RHONY star is embroiled in legal drama
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Jill alleges Noah is an investor with a 25% share in PPL. The company works with professional U.S. and international pickleball leagues and provides testing and certification services for paddles. The RHONY alum asserts PPL’s commercial value depends on its reputation as an independent, impartial company with confidential procedural integrity.
According to TMZ, Noah is making promises he cannot keep, according to the housewife’s lawsuit. Jill claims he told a sponsored professional pickleball player it would only take a couple of days for their paddle to be tested and properly certified.
Along with receiving problematic feedback about Noah, Jill claims he divulged confidential and commercially sensitive PPL details with paddle manufacturers, professional players and other parties.
Noah’s April lawsuit claims he invested $500,000 in PPL in 2022, according to TMZ. In return, he received a $5,000 monthly salary and developed a Go-No-Go machine. Payment stopped around May 2024, he alleges.
In addition, he says Jill cut him out of PPL’s earnings and formed a new company, GNG Enterprises, with boyfriend, Gary Brody. Noah says he wasn’t aware of this new venture, which sold PPL’s paddle testing device. GNG also allegedly sold Noah’s Go-No-Go machine without his permission. Noah’s lawsuit includes Gary and GNG Enterprises.
Noah is suing for damages and also seeks to block the couple from redirecting Pickle Pro’s profits and business prospects to GNG.
Jill is suing Noah for damages and seeks an order blocking him from revealing sensitive company information moving forward.
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