PepsiCo won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a former executive who said the food and beverage company defrauded and defamed him ...

Montanez, who stated off as as a Frito-Lay janitor, said he sparked what became Flamin’ Hot Cheetos around 1989.

PepsiCo won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a former executive who said the company defamed him by denying that he invented the popular spicy chips.

Richard Montañez’s rags-to-riches story remains in dispute after a judge ruled in favor of Frito-Lay and PepsiCo, but he has ...

PepsiCo wins dismissal of ex-exec lawsuit over Flamin' Hot Cheetos origin. Judge rules no fraud or defamation proven.

The ex-janitor-turned-executive who said he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos sued his former employers, saying he was harmed when ...

(Reuters) -PepsiCo won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a former executive who said the food and beverage company defrauded and defamed him by denying that he invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos. In a ...

“I created Flamin’ Hot Cheetos not only as a product but as a movement and as a loyal executive for PepsiCo,” Montañez said in a statement last year. “PepsiCo believed in me as a leader ...

A federal judge this week dismissed a lawsuit filed by the man who says he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Richard Montañez had sued Frito-Lay and its parent company PepsiCo last year ...

Richard Montanez allegedly pitched his idea to a Frito exec and rose from a janitor to become Frito-Lay’s vice president of ...