The recent closure of Golden Temple, an iconic 66-year-old Chinese restaurant in Washington Square, was preceded by intense legal battles among the four siblings who own the restaurant, according to court documents reviewed by Brookline.News.
The documents paint a picture of an acrimonious family feud with allegations of millions of dollars of theft, restaurant mismanagement, and a decade without paying income taxes. The court papers also reveal that the restaurant was investigated by the U.S. Labor Department in recent years.
It’s unclear if the legal dispute led directly to the Golden Temple’s closure, but two lawsuits remain pending, and one of them was the subject of hearings in late April. In one of the suits, two of Golden Temple’s owners argued that the group was so deadlocked that the courts should dissolve the company…