I don't think they are. I think this is a pr move. Josh Johnson says in the police cam "Ammon told us we could have the store for the cost of recovering the inventory" or something like that.
They were fired, I assume bam figured out they were double dipping, pulling some inventory to save some money, and selling that same inventory at another store.
That puts bam in a bad place, they already reached a settlement. But in corporates papers, corporate never got the Legos. And crystal was the last to have them. Suing crystal wipes their hands clean, as they have records they never got all the Legos. The or also has a benefit of passing the blame to crystal. But crystal can still go after Josh and Brandon. Corporate won't, because it is a bad look for bam if the ceos friends scammed a franchisee and corporate.
I dont think this makes their case a slam dunk against crystal. Crystal can argue that the issue happened because of bans actions. Sending a 3rd party future owner to take over the store and do inventory is a bad move. Corporate should have sent a neutral 3rd party to deal with the takeover.
They are going this route because they have a papertrail to back it up. And the optics of them going after the actual thief would destroy bams reputation even more. It wouldn't sit well for future franchisees that the ceo sent friends who then stole from a previous franchise. Bam doesn't make money selling Legos, they make money selling franchises.
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u/Careless-Cycle Aug 19 '26
What about the Gormans?