A bitter breakup between the co-owners of Wild Corgi Pub has spilled into Denver District Court, with Sean Maas now accusing his ex-boyfriend and business partner Dusty Jones of stealing an insurance check meant to cover fire damage at their Capitol Hill bar. The countersuit marks the latest escalation in a legal fight that began months earlier, when Maas first asked a judge to dissolve the business entirely.
According to BusinessDen, Maas and Jones are 50/50 partners who opened Wild Corgi Pub at 1223 E. 13th Ave. together in 2018, back when they were also a couple. The two split up in 2022, and Jones is Maas’s business partner; their business dispute has now fractured into dueling legal claims. In his countersuit, Maas alleges that Jones oversaw shady accounting practices, locked him out of the business’s accounts, and overpaid himself — and now, that Jones improperly took hold of an insurance check issued after a fire at the pub.
A Legal Fight That Started Months Earlier
The insurance dispute is not where this legal saga began. Maas first sued Jones in Denver District Court in May 2026, asking a judge to appoint a receiver to dissolve and wind down Wild Corgi Pub LLC, according to a report from that month cited in regional industry coverage. That earlier filing sought to shut the business down entirely rather than resolve a single financial dispute, signaling that the partnership had already reached an impasse well before the alleged insurance theft surfaced.
Colorado law offers a specific path for partners stuck in exactly this kind of deadlock. Under Colorado law, a district court may order judicial dissolution when it is no longer reasonably practicable to carry on the business in conformity with its operating agreement. Judicial dissolution is considered an equitable remedy, typically reserved for situations where co-owners can no longer function together.
What’s at Stake if Theft Is Proven
The stakes tied to the insurance check allegation extend beyond the disputed funds themselves. Colorado’s civil theft statute, C.R.S. § 18-4-405, provides for $200 or three times actual damages, whichever is greater, plus court costs and attorney fees. Neither the exact dollar amount of the insurance payout nor the full extent of the fire damage has been detailed in court filings reported so far…