You don't often hear the words "Lego" and "scandal" in the same sentence, but here we are.
And this deep into 2026, we've learned not to question why everyone on YouTube seems to be talking about a "Lego scandal" involving "Reckless Ben," arrests and lawsuits, the closure of the store at the centre of it all, what the company describes as "manufactured, viral hysteria" and a GoFundMe that's raised $670,000 for a family in Oregon.
Instead, we merely gather these facts and pass them on to you. Brick by brick.
"The last two weeks have been utterly insane," Chrys Gorman, 45, a plaintiff in one lawsuit and a "potential co-conspirator" in another, told CBC News from Portland, Ore.
"I don't know that there's any way that anybody could actually prepare for something like this." read more