Reckless Ben and Bricks & Minifigs Agreed to Mediate, and He Can Finally Post Part 3
The YouTuber who got sued for exposing an alleged LEGO theft has reached a truce with the retailer that came after him, and the court order silencing his investigation has been dropped.
Reckless Ben (Ben Schneider) and the Bricks & Minifigs franchise agreed this week to mediate their civil defamation lawsuit in Utah County courts. As part of the agreement, the preliminary injunction blocking Ben from posting his third video in the LEGO investigation series has been lifted.
Part 3 is back on the table.
What started all of this
Earlier this year, Ben published a series of YouTube videos alleging that a Bricks & Minifigs (BAM) franchise location in Keizer, Oregon had kept a $200,000 LEGO Star Wars collection that didn’t belong to them.
The collection originally belonged to Ed Mansell, an 83-year-old man who was in serious ill health when he consigned the sets to the store. According to Ben’s videos, the collection was never properly returned after a franchise ownership change, and Mansell never got what he was owed.
The videos went huge. The LEGO community rallied around Mansell, and Bricks & Minifigs took a reputational hit that spread well beyond YouTube.
Then BAM sued him
At the end of May 2026, Bricks & Minifigs filed a civil lawsuit against Ben, accusing him of defamation, racketeering, profiteering, and other misconduct. The lawsuit came with a preliminary injunction that blocked Ben from releasing any further videos in the series.
Ben went quiet. He told his audience he’d been served but couldn’t say more. Weeks passed with no Part 3.
What the mediation agreement actually does
Both sides have now agreed to exchange documents, enter settlement talks, and ask the court to vacate a scheduled June 30 hearing to give the process room to breathe.
The updated court order spells out what Ben can and can’t do. He can’t threaten BAM personnel, go within 100 yards of their stores or offices, publish anyone’s personal contact information, or solicit employees to hand over confidential information.
But the order also expressly states it does not stop him from “commenting on the lawsuit, publishing court findings, and expressing opinions, criticism, satire and/or commentary through any lawful means.”
That’s a significant shift from where things stood a few weeks ago.
Why the internet stayed invested
This story has the anatomy of a perfect YouTube saga: a sympathetic victim, a clear alleged wrongdoer, and a creator who stuck his neck out to tell the story. When BAM sued Ben, a lot of his audience read it as a corporate machine trying to bury a legitimate investigation.
The Dexerto and Unilad coverage has kept thousands of viewers refreshing for updates. And the comment sections on Ben’s existing videos haven’t quieted down.
Fans have been waiting weeks for Part 3. Now there’s at least a path to it.
What happens next
Mediation isn’t a settlement. Both sides are still in dispute, they’re just agreeing to try talking before going back to court.
If they reach a deal, the terms will almost certainly be confidential. If they don’t, the June 30 hearing gets rescheduled and this drags on.
Whether Ben drops Part 3 before a settlement is reached, or waits for legal clearance, he hasn’t said. But the audience is ready.
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