By Catie Cheshire, Westword | New management took over Your Mom’s House in January. A complaint by former owner James Bedwell claims that never should have happened. Within the last six months, music venue Your Mom’s House has experienced a lot of ups and downs, and the upheaval isn’t over yet as a new lawsuit questions the bar’s ownership.
Filed on April 15 in Colorado District Court, the complaint by James Bedwell — who used to own Your Mom’s House — alleges new owner Jill Johnson only gained that ownership by using “a deliberate bait-and-switch scheme designed to fraudulently obtain control of the venue and its assets.”
According to the lawsuit, Bedwell brought Johnson in as a partner believing he would retain at least 51 percent of the business at 608 East Thirteenth Avenue. Instead, the complaint alleges, Johnson removed his access to the premises and made the business hers entirely.
The lawsuit accuses Johnson of fraudulent inducement for the “bait-and-switch scheme,” as well as breach of contract, civil theft, unjust enrichment and defamation. Bedwell asks for damages, attorney fees and a judgment that he is the rightful owner of Your Mom’s House in the complaint.
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