Dr. Phil is being sued for fraud.

[Blue_Roses]

LOS ANGELES — "Dr. Phil" McGraw admits in e-mails he had "no expertise" in making the line of diet products he endorsed and is being sued for.

Still, he put his name on Shape Up! nutrition supplements, shakes and energy bars after asking for "the strongest of disclaimers" in the products' ads.

His concerns, detailed in e-mail printouts contained in court records and obtained by the New York Daily News, may come back to haunt him in the class-action fraud lawsuit filed by angry users of the diet line.

With his demand for the warning label suggesting misgivings about the Shape Up! hype, the e-mails may be a weighty topic at his deposition, which could take place as early as next month.

"This fleshes out our position that Dr. Phil was in charge ... he was rewriting the commercials," said lawyer Henry Rossbacher, who filed the class-action suit against Dr. Phil in 2004.

The suit alleges Dr. Phil, who endorsed the products, and CSA Nutraceuticals, which marketed them, made phony claims about Shape Up! products.

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2002664825_webdrphil04.html

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Hmmm...

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