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diesel brothers Star David “Heavy D” sparks He was arrested after being found guilty of contempt by a judge for failing to pay a fine of approximately $850,000.
In a court order filed on October 2 and seen by IndependentA Utah judge ordered the arrest and imprisonment of Sparks, who organized the protest discovery ChannelThe eight-season reality series, for “repeatedly and willfully” ignoring court orders to pay $843,602.23 in fines related to alleged violations. Clean Air Act, a federal air pollution law,
He was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Tuesday, but has since been released from federal custody TMZ.
Sparks agreed to provide certain information to the plaintiff, Utah Physicians for a Wealthy, within 10 days of Thursday’s hearing. EnvironmentAn organization committed to the safety of all Utah residents through the promotion of progressive environmental improvementThe publication reported.
The reality star’s lawyer Cole Cannon told Entertainment Weekly Following his release he was “not charged or charged with any crime.” “This arrest should never have happened in the first place and is a grave injustice to the Sparks family,” Cannon said.
Independent Sparks and his attorney have been contacted for comment.
Sparks is also known for filming YouTube vlogs with his diesel brothers Co-star, David “Diesel Dave” Kiely, was first sued in 2017 for allegedly modifying his vehicles’ exhaust systems to generate black smoke, a toxic pollutant.
He was later fined $843,602.23 in March 2020 after it was discovered he violated the Clean Air Act more than 400 times.
“After more than three years, when the defendants failed to pay any amounts to the plaintiff under the fee order, the court on June 24, 2024 found all the defendants in contempt for their non-compliance,” the documents read.
The following January, the judge entered a second order seeking enforcement of the first order. The order required Sparks to produce various documents and information to the plaintiffs, including several business operating agreements and photographs of all “on- and off-road vehicles, trailers, motorcycles, watercraft and aircraft in which any of the defendants has a financial interest.”
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In August, Sparks was found to be in violation of four court orders, including failing to pay fines and submit required documents.
The recent filing says Sparks can purge or resolve the contempt order, either by paying the full $843,602.23 fine or by making a series of filings to settle certain issues listed in the second enforcement order.
diesel brotherswhich aired on the Discovery Channel from 2016 to 2022, followed Sparks and Killy as they purchased dump-bound diesel trucks and reused and modified them for use in elaborate pranks and stunts.
Sparks addressed the ongoing lawsuit in a YouTube video uploaded on August 6, calling it “an absolute nightmare.”
“There are a lot of things about the lawsuit that don’t seem fair to me,” he said. “And there’s a lot of things with lawsuits that we deserve because we made some mistakes in the early days of our business, removing trucks and, you know, having smoke trucks and things like that. And that’s something I’m not proud of.”