Darrell Sheets was being cyberbullied for years before his death, according to his ‘Storage Wars’ co-star
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A puzzling deal in Darrell Sheets’ final days has raised new questions after the “Storage Wars” star died by suicide.
A longtime associate who appeared on the A&E reality TV show recalled an uncharacteristic moment that, in hindsight, felt like Sheets “was tying up his affairs.”
“It wasn’t the buying and selling that was odd. It was really the interaction,” “Storage Wars” star Dusty Riach told Us Weekly. “Because Darrell is not the type of person to just roll over on an offer. He was a fighter for the last dollar in any deal. And he was asking a pretty substantial amount of money for a deal that one of my friends was buying from him. And then my friend kind of shot him quite a large deficit off of what he was asking. And Darrell just was like, ‘Yeah, that’s great.’”
“My friend was just like, ‘That’s kind of weird,’ but didn’t think anything of it at the time. For Darrell not to come back at you, it’s just kind of weird. I had no idea, and my friend hadn’t told me until after we found out what happened [to Sheets]. My friend said that it felt like he was tying up his affairs,” Riach said, adding that Sheets even called him to ensure the check would clear.
A puzzling deal made by Darrell Sheets before his death left his co-stars feeling uneasy. (Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)
Riach said the gap between Sheets’ asking price and what he ultimately accepted only deepened the sense that something was off.
“I think Darrell was asking $125,000 and my friend gave him $50,000 [for an estate collection],” he added. “For him to ask that much and then my friend to offer him that — [without Darrell saying] give me $60,000, or like, pushing for an extra five grand … Darrell said yep, that’s fine.
“Even the last watch deal I did with Darrell, we were bickering over like, $50 with each other. So I would say this was 110 percent fully out of character for him.”
Darrell Sheets appeared on “Storage Wars” with his son, Brandon Sheets, who he shared with ex-wife Kimber Sheets. (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for A+E Networks)
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