RICO Suits and Restraining Orders: The Bricks & Minifigs Chaos Just Got WORSE

A Utah judge has signed an order telling Reckless Ben to take his Bricks & Minifigs videos down — and that's only the third-strangest thing that happened this week. The criminal charges came in as misdemeanors. The company answered with a ten-count civil RICO suit built from Ben's own footage. And the franchisees who lost the store have now sued corporate themselves, which means the same people are plaintiffs in one courtroom and defendants in the one down the hall. I read both complaints and the restraining order so you don't have to. This is the secured-creditor fight over the collection, the prior-restraint problem with the takedown, and the two-lawsuit collision — explained by someone who does this for a living. Nothing here is decided; a complaint is one side talking, and I'll flag what's contestable as we go. Link to Ben's Channel: @RecklessBen Link to Ben's GoFundMe for Bryan: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan-recover-his-lego-collection Want to do something about it? postcardstocongress.org — code Just5Dollars sends postcards to all three of your federal reps for $5. Support the channel: patreon.com/ljfrench 00:00 - This week in the Bricks & Minifigs Star Wars LEGO saga 02:50 - Part 1: The Recording 05:12 - Part 2: The "Reposession" 12:03 - Part 3: The Ammon McNeff Livestream 14:30 - The Counter-Suit 24:01 - Part 5: The Gorman's Lawsuit 29:49 - Part 6: Reckless Ben 33:57 - Part 7: Two Lawsuits and a Restraining Order 37:46 - Please Support Lawful Masses