{"id":2772,"date":"2024-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peixun021.com\/jon-taffer-lawsuit-impersonation-florida-bars-vic-caroleo\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T00:00:00","slug":"jon-taffer-lawsuit-impersonation-florida-bars-vic-caroleo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peixun021.com\/jon-taffer-lawsuit-impersonation-florida-bars-vic-caroleo\/","title":{"rendered":"'Bar Rescue' Star Jon Taffer Sues Man for Impersonating Him at FL Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Getty\/TMZ<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n Jon Taffer<\/strong><\/a> says there’s some guy prowling around Florida bars and restaurants pretending to be him … and pulling some sketchy moves with women while he does it … according to the federal lawsuit Jon just filed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The “Bar Rescue” star says Vic Caroleo<\/strong>‘s been passing himself off as Jon Taffer in and around Naples, FL for more than 3 years — and even brags openly all over social media about their resemblance.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n He even boldly commented on one of Jon’s posts about his new book, writing “My Twin … so they say.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Caroleo’s primary gig is as a television preacher … and in parts of NY, his sermons air just a few hours after “Bar Rescue” on the same channel. Taffer says that’s no coincidence, accusing Caroleo of trying to bolster his ruse … that HE is actually Taffer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Jon says Caroleo has even gotten credit cards with the name “Jon Taffer” … and he allegedly used one of them during a dinner date in Naples back in January — a move the woman he was out with found fishy enough to rat him out.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n In the docs, filed by Jon’s attorneys Bradford Cohen<\/strong> and Michael McMullen<\/strong>, they say the woman contacted Taffer’s office, texting that “Caroleo, while acting as Mr. Taffer, ‘was extremely touchy and inappropriate.'”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n And, there was another similar incident … when a different, anonymous, woman claimed she’d been sexually assaulted by Taffer in Naples. Jon says he was actually filming in San Diego at that time, but the woman lawyered up and sent a letter describing the alleged sexual assault — claiming the guy reached under her skirt, and also tried to force her to perform oral sex on him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n