Shark Tank Star Daymond John Granted Restraining Order Against Former Contestants After ‘Disparaging’ Online Comments

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“Shark Tank” star Daymond John has been granted a permanent injunction against some former contestants on the show, alleging that they’ve been waging an online smear campaign against him.

The Los Angeles Times reports that a New Jersey federal court granted John the permanent restraining order against three one-time contestants on the show who have been issuing social media posts about their “nightmare” experience after he agreed to invest in their business venture.

According to court documents, former NFL defensive end Al “Bubba” Baker, his wife Sabrina, and daughter Brittani — who appeared on “Shark Tank” in 2014 — were ordered to stop making public statements about John, and were also instructed to delete all “disparaging” social media posts about him and his relationship with their business, Bubba’s Q Boneless Baby Back Ribs, after John signed on as a partner during their appearance on the ABC reality show, creating a new business entity, DF Ventures, which is also identified as a plaintiff. READ MORE: ‘Shark Tank’ Star Daymond John Fires Back After Report Suggests He Tried To Sell Masks To Florida For A Much Higher Price Than Usual “All the Bakers’ posts are negative, disparaging, or both and certainly could impact DFV’s and John’s reputation, goodwill, and credibility,” the judge wrote in his order, adding, “These posts clearly caused reputational harm that John will now have to deal with and counter.” In the court filing, John testified that the Bakers’ comments led to “a major television network” cancelling a show in which he was involved, that had been “previously greenlit.” In addition, John claimed that he lost a “speaking engagement and a ‘major brand’ he was meant to do an activation with stopped all