I want to address the statement released by my former business partners that many of you have reached out to me about this morning. What they have released is untrue and I have agreed to nothing. Before I left for my vacation I expressed
interest in handing over half of my 1/3 of ownership to pursue my dream of opening a shop and to stay on to do design and development as well as continue to help the brand grow. I also was going to give these shares back for $0 in order not to affect our companies cash flow and asked to be paid back on sales I made essentially to earn my worth. This was not accepted by my former partners and while I was out of the country they decided they would be kicking me out of the company. Officially and legally there is no agreement to no terms of selling my shares or the price and what I have been offered is less than a ¼ years salary. All the while DPE continue to post wheels I designed, projects I completed and with me being back in the country for less than a day have cut my email and cell phone. Also because of the way our company was set up my shares aren’t in full on paper and they are holding that due to this I am owed nothing however in court under oath they cannot lie to the fact that I did more for this company than anyone ever did. I will get what I am owed and make it known that they are practically forcing me out in the dirtiest way possible without even meeting me face to face and doing things while I was out of the country. My supporters, friends, family and customers know what I have done for this company and how much of my life I gave to help develop this brand and the products that you see on the site now and the real value of my work and who I am as a person. I am extremely grateful for all the relationships I have made, the people who started as customers and working partners that turned into friends beyond the industry. To my friends and family who supported the brand because of me and continue to do so, I don’t ask you not to continue to support them if you wish but more so thank you for believing in something I wanted to do and accomplish and make great even when it wasn’t what you felt I should be doing because of the way our company was ran and how much I had to suffer when not everyone took this as serious as I did. Many of you who bought the wheels because of my name will wonder what do I do with my DPE wheels now that I am gone, don’t worry a much better solution will come soon….thank you all for your support and outreach this morning, I figured this was the best way to answer you all at once. I will be back and am already in the process….stay tuned and a million thanks again.