The series of unfortunate events doesn’t stop there! When the Orange County Choppers decided to collaborate with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation in creating handicapped-accessible motorcycles, they ended up facing another lawsuit by Christ Tavantzis.
Apparently, Tavantzis claimed that he disclosed this idea with the team already two years prior!
A Sad Accident
Shortly after leaving the OCC crew, Paul Jr. decided to pave his own path and open his own shop. However, no one could have possibly imagined what misfortune would come next. Upon calling a repair company to fix his garage leak, Paul Jr. was faced with a horrifying situation.
While repairing the roof, the repairmen fell through and instantaneously died upon landing on the garage floor. All Paul Jr. could do was offer his condolences and support to the man’s family.
Wedding Without Dad
Amid all this drama though, there was still some charm to the show. On the American Chopper set, Paul Jr. actually developed a relationship with the dashing model, now his lovely wife, Rachel Biester.
After dating for two years, the pair tied the knot in 2010. However, because of the ongoing heat of the father-son lawsuit battle, Paul Sr. didn’t show up to the ceremony.
Mikey Walks Away
We may already know a number of things about Paul Jr., particularly him being the Teutul son on American Chopper but let’s not disregard Mikey, Paul Sr.’s other son. Fans loved him even though his initial tasks were somewhat futile such as taking out the garbage, cleaning the floors, and receiving the phone calls.
But aside from these, what’s noteworthy is his role as a peacemaker between his father and brother. This wasn’t an easy task at all and growing tired of always being caught in the middle, he exited the OCC crew.
Yet Another Lawsuit
Did you know that the family had a motorcycle made in secrecy just for Cody Connelly? I mean he was the shop hand, there’s no wonder they considered him as a member of the family. But Cody wasn’t actually able to receive this motorcycle when the family suddenly changed their minds in the end about giving it to him.
And because of this, Cody not only exited the show but even filed a lawsuit demanding $250k from the Teutuls. Thankfully though they didn’t have to go to court and arrived at a fair settlement on their own.