BUT… in the sake of argument, I would like to present an alternative take on Senior’s often-extreme personality:įirst, I wouldn’t say I’ve watched every show religiously, but I have seen almost every major episode over the years, and I made it a point to go back and re-view every episode that led to the current fallout. I can even see how some people might view that as unkind or rage-filled, possibly even close to abusive. And… while I am still surprised to see the majority of guys here showing sympathy for Junior, I can understand your points about Senior losing control of his emotions on camera. I expected to get some serious hate-mail in response to my blunt words in support of Senior. I must say, I was surprised at your thoughts. Instead of retiring and letting the son become the godhead of the family empire, the father prefers to burn down the business to leave behind only the ashes of what was once almost a great community of family spirit and friendly creativity. He sees his sons as competition and he is set to destroy them. The fact of human living is that children are born to replace their parents and most fathers would wallow in the success of their sons - but not Paul, Sr. The suit also asks for an injunction barring Paulie from engaging in competitive business activities and interfering with the company’s relationship with suppliers. “It’s sad it’s come to this,” Senior’s lawyer, Richard Mahon II, said.īecause the two could not agree, Senior is asking the court to appoint an appraiser to value the company. ![]() Since then, the two have been unable to compromise on how much that share is worth. In real life, as part of the termination, Paulie agreed to sell his 20 percent ownership to his father, according to the suit. In an explosive episode that aired at the beginning of season six of TLC’s “American Chopper,” Paulie was fired from the company. The core argument is over how much Senior should pay Paulie for his share of the company, headquartered in the Town of Newburgh. filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Goshen against his son, Paul Teutul Jr., for what could amount to millions in damages. The Orange County Choppers’ Paul Teutul Sr. is the better man and more talented than he is and that fact gnaws his gut more than any rotgut ever could - but instead of accepting the necessary divinity of a son walking in a father’s footfalls, this father prefers to poison the road ahead by first firing, and then suing, the starshine son: refused to admit in public that the magic and spine of the business was his son and not him. Orange County Choppers was built on the back of Paul, Jr.’s successful motorcycle designs and while everyone at OCC knew that - Paul, Sr. It seems ongoing public child abuse was acceptable to Discovery/TLC for the six year run of “American Chopper” - but the threat of the gathering storm of spousal abuse only gets a few one-hour episodes before finding the producer’s axe. will demolish her in situ, and on TV, just as he destroyed everyone else who stood with him. ![]() in the cycle shop this season, was a foreboding that not even TLC could ignore based on Paul Sr.’s, established ethical habit of action: The wife replaces the son in the circle of violence, and the wrath of the father becomes the fury of the husband, and we are but moments away from an attack on her because she completes the cycle of abuse. The emergence of Paul Sr.’s new wife on the television show to replace the loss of Paul, Jr. The bully in the boy always erupted in the father to punish the prodigal sons, and every single family member who worked with Sr. would somehow see the light and the error of his ways and just back off his boys a little bit to let them live free and breathe well. If you do not bow down to the father, then the father will kill you and it was that threat of real violence that propelled “American Chopper” each week and likely fueled the ratings. He yells and screams and throws things in childish tantrums edged to give him his way. ![]() hasn’t “had a drink” in many years, but he still behaves like a drunken bully: He’s a “ Dry Drunk” and he loves every moment of his never ending rage. A bottomless pit of self-loathing that can never be filled.
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