The story of the tragic death of Ezekiel Stephan
Jen Gerson
June 10, 2016
Last Updated: Jun 11 6:28 AM ET
... The sentence, to be handed down June 13, is for the couple’s “failure to provide the necessaries of life” to their son, Ezekiel, after the toddler contracted meningitis. Instead of taking him to a conventional doctor, David and his wife relied on naturopathic medicine and nutritional supplements.
In addition to those treatments, Ezekiel regularly took several supplements, including one called EMPowerplus. It’s the .. pill David’s father developed ... The same pill that David has been selling as vice-president of his father’s company. The same pill that has made the Stephan family heroes to their customers and adversaries of the government ...
Stephan and Hardy tinkered with their formula throughout the late 1990s, and early versions of their miracle cure went on sale through their website in 1996. Stephan created the Synergy Group of Canada and a sister company, Truehope Nutritional Support Ltd., to conduct research. Two decades later, the pig pills remain the company’s star product, now branded the EMPowerplus supplement ...
Court documents show the pills have been extremely popular. According to an affidavit submitted by Anthony Stephan, in 2010, Synergy had revenue of $10.9 million, with gross profit of $6 million. In peak business years, according to Hardy, he and Stephan had personal incomes “well above” $500,000 a year ...
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