Editing Von Dutch (section)

===Behind-the scenes tumult===
Sørensen fired Vaughn and became sole owner in 2002. He also began sidelining Cassel as a designer in favor of Audigier. Vaughn and Cassel became openly hostile to Sørensen; at one point, Cassel hired drug lord [[Pablo Escobar]]'s grandson to intimidate him into selling his stake in the company for $500,000, a proposal that Sørensen refused.<ref name="Vogue"/> Vaughn, meanwhile, tried to intimidate Cassel into selling his shares of the company, and accused him of calling the police when he refused.

In February 2005, Vaughn was arrested on charges of [[first degree murder]] after he shot and killed childhood friend Mark Rivas, who he claimed attacked him with a broken bottle. He was acquitted in 2006.