Tastes Like Adultery

Colorado man arrested for 'unfaithful' Tiger Woods labels
By MARY FLOOD/Houston Chronicle

Federal agents today arrested a Denver-area man accused of placing pictures of Tiger Woods and his wife on Tropical-Mango Gatorade bottles and putting them on store shelves.


The man told a federal agent that he considered his altered sports drinks bottles, which also said “Unfaithful,” to be something akin to Andy Warhol's works of art, according to a court affidavit.

Federal authorities apparently considered his work more akin to several felonies.

Jason Eric Kay, 38, of Longmont, Colo., was arrested on charges of misbranding and altering food labels with intent to cause serious injury to the business of any person, according to a release from the Denver U.S. Attorney's Office and the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations.


While the FDA and Gatorade maker PepsiCo North America were investigating who was tampering with the products, Kay sent a letter to the manufacturer offering to go on a tour placing his altered products in various cities if Pepsi would pay his travel and per diem, according to the affidavit.

The crimes Kay is charged with carry maximum penalties of up to three years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

Gatorade had a Tiger Woods-themed sports drink, but discontinued it last year after the scandal surrounding his infidelity broke.

So this is what passes for justice in this country? Some guy comes up with a unique and brilliant business idea and they lock him up and fine him? That's BS. That would be like locking Billy Gates up when he invesnted Microsoft. Gatorade Unfaithful may have been the best Gatorade flavor since Blue Mountain Berry.

You could get some squeaky clean pitch man like A.C. Green and the money would start flying in. And all John Kay wanted was per diem and travel money. That's just a drop in the hat. I think Pepsi Co really dropped the ball here. Just like when they got rid of Crystal Pepsi. If I was Mr. Kay I'd take this idea directly to Powerade.

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