An upscale Bel Air pet store we mentioned in the past allegedly got many of its pets from puppy mills while claiming the animals were from private breeders was sued today for alleged false advertising and fraud.

Attorney Wayne S. Kreger, representing himself, filed the case in Los Angeles Superior Court. He is seeking unspecified actual and punitive damages, as well as certification of the complaint as a class-action lawsuit and an order stopping further alleged deceptive advertising.

The store, with a celebrity clientele that has included Paris Hilton, gained notoriety earlier this month when the Humane Society alleged many of the store’s animals came from Midwest puppy mills.

In his lawsuit, Kreger states he bought a Chihuahua from Pets of Bel Air in August and that 12 days later it died in his wife’s arms of parvo, a virus that attack’s the digestive system.

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