'Fixer Upper''s Chip Gaines Being Sued by Former Partners
by EG
Former partners in Chip Gaines‘ Magnolia Real Estate Company are suing the Fixer Upper star and others for more than $1 million, claiming that Gaines bought them out without telling them that he had made a deal with HGTV, reports say.
In the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Waco, Texas, John L. Lewis and Richard L. Clark claim that Gaines, 42, urged them to sell their equal shares while hiding news that HGTV planned to broadcast Fixer Upper and feature the Magnolia brand name, KWTX reports.
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Chip Gaines' wife, Joanna Gaines, was also in the news lately, as she denied reports that she planned to leave the series.