The star of HGTV's "Fixer Upper" is being sued for more than $1 million by his former business partners. Two former business partners are claiming that Chip Gaines pressured and threatened them into selling their shares in Magnolia Real Estate to him for $2,500 each two days before HGTV announced it was picking up "Fixer Upper".
They say Gaines kept them in the dark while working with HGTV. Magnolia Real Estate is featured in "Fixer Upper", and the lawsuit claims that since the show started airing, Magnolia has gone from one real estate agent in Waco to nearly 100 agents in all major Texas cities.
Source: Newswer