Schnatter said the consultants tried to blackmail his company, asking for $6 mil for the tape of the call not to be released. He refused to pay and sure enough it went to the media.
While I agree with you, considering the source of this information, I'm gonna have to reserve any comment on it until I see it from someone who doesn't think Ebola is going to kill us all or from someone who doesn't think it traitorous to try to normalize relations with an acknowledged nuclear power. Admittedly, that's a pretty tiny window at this point, but here we are.
Here's the link for those who don't follow business news. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/16/papa-johns-founder-said-media-agency-tried-to-extort-him.html
It would be interesting if there were anything other than his word. I actually wouldn't be surprised with the way things work these days.
You'd think people would have learned about tapes from Nixon.... But no. So I would not be surprised if one shows up. My personal view is that if you only want to patronize "perfect" companies, you'll have a very short list to chose from. And that's assuming that you, yourself, are perfect. I'm minded of Groucho's famous comment:
Papa John's is being sued. https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/26/news/companies/papa-johns-lawsuit-john-schnatter/index.html