The maker of the zero-calorie nutritional drink Skinny Water is seeking to fatten up its coffers, filing for bankruptcy amid a lack of funding and facing the loss of its trademarks, Reuters reported today. Skinny Nutritional Corp. filed for Chapter 11 protection last week and announced the filing yesterday amid a clamor from some consumers and investors for information about the status of the company. The company listed about $3 million in assets and $6 million in liabilities, but a budding dispute with its lender, Trim Capital, could make for a contentious case. In Wednesday's statement, Skinny said that it entered a $15 million financing deal with Trim last year but received only $1.27 million of the money. Skinny alleged that Trim "failed to complete" its obligations, then began foreclosure proceedings that would have forced Skinny to turn over its intellectual property assets to Trim in the absence of a bankruptcy filing.
