For a moment, I thought the lockpicker was Lockpicking Lawyer, but it’s someone else.

Proven Industries owner Ron Lee (…) was a triple felon

I’m sure that looks great on a resume

“Sucks to see how many people take everything they see online for face value,” one Proven employee wrote. “Sounds like a bunch of liberals lol.”

This alone explains the entire company, really

Things went on this way for some time, as the judge wondered, “Did the plaintiff bring a lock and a beer can?” (The plaintiff did not.) She appeared to be quite disappointed when it was clear there would be no live shimming demonstration in the courtroom.

Under questioning, however, one of Proven’s employees admitted that he had been able to duplicate McNally’s technique, leading to the question from McNally’s lawyer: “When you did it yourself, did it occur to you for one moment that maybe the best thing to do, instead of file a lawsuit, was to fix [the lock]?”

LOL

On July 7, the company dismissed the lawsuit against McNally instead.

Proven did a great speedrun of self destruction.