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

Duration: 39:24

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

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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