While Jon Taffer always claims that
Bar Rescue is real and nothing is ever scripted, most people who watch the show feel otherwise. Yesterday, a lawsuit was filed by Dr. Paul T Wilkes against Bongo LLC (a
Bar Rescue production company), Jon Taffer, and his wife Nicole Taffer. Paul was an owner of the Sand Dollar in Las Vegas, which was on season 3 of the show and renamed to Bar 702. You may remember the episode titled as "Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife" where Jon gets mad that Paul was hitting on his wife. The full lawsuit is
here from Deadline, but here are some of the highlights that give a lot of insight into the
Bar Rescue process:
