A Denver businessman claims he was lunching with prospective buyers of his supplement company at the Colorado Golf Club in Parker when a manager accused him of breaking in and stealing liquor, then banished him from the club, scuttling the company’s sale.

“Brian Straight told (Cole) Evans he was not welcome on the property and that if needed he would call law enforcement to escort him off,” the latter’s Oct. 20 lawsuit alleges.

Evans owns Kiss Nutraceuticals in Denver, which makes dietary supplements. In May 2023, he was looking to sell that company to Shore Capital Partners out of Chicago “for a monetary value in excess of multiple eight figures,” according to his lawsuit against the country club.

So, he wined and dined the buyers, Evans recalls. That included a Nuggets playoff game on

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