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The legal battle between the two eventually ended up in a settlement in 2014 after which Hester returned to the show. However, despite his return, Hester has settled into a more private lifestyle...
YUUUP. In June 2020, he made headlines for losing a lawsuit against Public Storage. Hester purchased the insides of an abandoned locker for $11,800, only for the company to realize later that the rightful owner was actually up to date on their rent. That led Public Storage to void the sale and Hester to sue.
A California auction house liquidator who had appeared on the A&E reality series Storage Wars was found dead Monday at work after being arrested over the weekend on drug possession charges.
Seeing who died on "Storage Wars" may be heartbreaking, but at least fans got to spend some time with these colorful characters before they left us.
While in search for valuable knick-knacks within the cramped spaces of abandoned, auctioned-off storage lockers, Hester was bound to do two things: drive up locker prices, and utter his signature (and trademarked) catch-phrase "Yuuup!" each episode.
Hester was fired from Storage Wars in 2012, not appearing on the show for season 4, but remained a part of the cast since returning for season 5. Here's what Dave Hester got up to during...
Back in 2012, Hester left the show after A&E fired him because of allegations made against the network. As a result, Hester sued the company for $750,000 citing wrongful termination, along with accusing the company of engaging in unfair business practices.
At the time, "Storage Wars" was averaging 4 million viewers and was the network's second most popular show, only trailing behind "Duck Dynasty." As a result, A&E terminated Dave Hester.
In 2014, Dave Hester and the production company reportedly "settled for an undisclosed amount" out of court, per AuctionsTX.com.
'Storage Wars' auctioneer Dave Hester nearly left the show after blasting it as fake, and shortly after, he had a major health scare — what is he up to now?