The owner of a medical spa frequented by stars on the hit television show Real Housewives of Orange County has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge that she purchased Botox with foreign labels, US federal prosecutors said. Bridget "Gigi" Goddard, a nurse and the owner of Pure Indulgence Skin Rejuvenation in Laguna Niguel, California, pleaded guilty to one felony count of receiving and delivering a misbranded drug, said Eileen Decker, US attorney for the Central District of California. Goddard appeared on the cover of the free Orange County Gazette magazine in 2009 alongside Real Housewives stars Lynne Curtin and Jeana Keough. According to a search warrant, Goddard advertises that she was featured on Real Housewives of Orange County as well as the CBS programme The Doctors. An attorney for Goddard did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The case marks the latest effort by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to crack down on the importation of foreign unapproved dru...
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