Charles “Mask” Lewis, the founder of the TapouT brand, was killed in a car accident on March 11, 2009 when the car he was driving crashed into a light pole.
Another driver was found guilty of one count of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in the two-car accident. The driver, who had two previous DUI convictions on his record, was subsequently sentenced to nine years in prison.
Lewis’ sister, Carla, had her brother cremated following the accident.
TMZ.com is reporting that a lawsuit has been filed in San Bernardino County, CA regarding the cremated remains of Lewis.
Carla alleges that Punkass and Skyscrape, Lewis’ partners in TapouT, approached her about borrowing the ashes for use in a memorial service for Mask.
TMZ’s report says that Carla agreed but goes on to say that she asked that her brother’s ashes be returned to her at the conclusion of the memorial service.
When she arrived at the service, TMZ reports that she found a vendor’s table set up with “a large shoebox-size box containing several miniature vials that were on display.” Carla alleges that the vendor told her that “each of the vials contained a small amount of the cremated remains of Mask, and were reserved for, and to be given to, ‘special people’ whose names were on a printed list.”
Carla alleges that in addition to distributing the cremated ashes of her brother, Punkass and Skyscrape have yet to return the urn and remaining ashes.
Her lawsuit, according to TMZ, seeks unspecified damages for “overwhelming and severe emotional distress.”
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