Tennessee whiskey brand Uncle Nearest’s CEO Fawn Weaver sued the creditor she’s currently facing in ongoing debt litigation last week, accusing it of knowingly spreading false information about the company’s finances. Weaver, along with husband Keith Weaver and her investment firm Grant Sidney, sued lender Farm Credit Mid-America in New York court on March 13.
That was just one of the legal developments for Weaver, who has been sidelined since a judge appointed a receiver to run Uncle Nearest in August. Weaver hoped filing for bankruptcy would put her back in control of the Tennessee whiskey company she founded, but her plans were blocked by a federal judge.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Suzanne Bauknight said Fawn Weaver violated a receivership order put in place in debt litigation, which limited her work to just marketing and managing Uncle Nearest’s brand. The receiver, Nashville attorney Phillip Young, has asked the district judge in the case to sanction Weaver $75,000.
Arrested journalist released on bond
Nashville Noticias journalist Estefany Rodriguez, arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in a gym parking lot March 4, was granted $10,000 bond on March 17. Rodriguez was released from custody the afternoon of March 19, according to a press release from the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Right Coalition…