An apparent dispute between a local pizza restaurant and a La Jolla resident has evolved into an ongoing feud that now involves a $10 million lawsuit.
Ajay Thakore, a local businessperson and owner of Gopher Media LLC (also known as Doctor Multimedia), recently lodged a complaint against American Pizza Manufacturing and its owner, Andrew Melone, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
The lawsuit, which Thakore recently announced in a press release, accuses Melone of harassment and racial discrimination, among other complaints. For example, the suit also claims that American Pizza Manufacturing carried out false advertising and that Melone defamed Doctor Multimedia.
Melone, for his part, has countersued Thakore and accused the local La Jolla resident of a “relentless and ongoing campaign of harassment,” as well as libeling and “unfairly interfering with” his business.
American Pizza Manufacturing is a restaurant located at 7402 La Jolla Blvd. You won’t find a top-of-the-line, brick dome, wood-fired pizza oven at this business, however. Instead, the business assembles pizzas for customers to take home and bake.
In 2021, the restaurant made local headlines for being the apparent target of a harassment campaign.
The dispute started when automated “bots” began writing disparaging comments about American Pizza Manufacturing and Melone.
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