![]() (In other words, fraud.) Things also soured when Teutul attempted to change his ownership deal with Derbyshire from 51/49 (in favor of Derbyshire) to a 50/50 split. According to Page Six, in April 2017, Thomas Derbyshire filed suit in Delaware State Chancery Court, arguing that Teutul (his business partner) used the money Derbyshire poured into Orange County Choppers: American Made for personal use. It’s amazing that even happened for American Chopper, seeing as how the previous attempt to revive the show, Orange County Choppers: American Made, was mired in lawsuits. got sued by his business partnerĪmerican Chopper returned to TV in 2018, a beneficiary of a television-wide "reboot" craze in which a variety of old, familial favorites shot new seasons of episodes. Here’s what Senior, Junior, and the rest of the OCC staff got up to in the meantime. ![]() Junior, departed in 2012), only to return to TV in 2018. ("Junior"), Mikey Teutul, Vinnie DiMartino, and Rick Petko, among others.Īmerican Chopper rode off into the sunset in 2010 (and its spinoff, American Chopper: Senior vs. Audiences became transfixed with not only the motorcycle miracles made from metal and paint, but with the real-life employees of OCC, chief among them impressively mustached (and often contentious) shop boss Paul Teutul, Sr. The action on American Chopper went down at Orange County Choppers, a top-notch motorcycle customization shop in southern New York state. American Chopper premiered on the Discovery Channel in 2003, relatively early in the reality TV era, and the show’s unique mix of human relationships and workplace drama really helped solidify the format followed by countless other reality shows set in interesting and unusual places of business. ![]()
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