"After finally receiving their paychecks, Atre allegedly became furious when Charters and Linsday lost the keys to one of the farm vehicles, nicknamed the "Monster Truck." According to the outlet, Charters said, "Tushar was flipping out. He was going to cancel the checks." Subsequently, Atre allegedly withheld their pay and promised to give them their $1,400 if they performed 500 pushups."
"But this was impossible, even for Charters and Lindsay, who at the time were members of the National Guard. " They were humiliated," Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Detective Ethan Rumrill said, which KRON-TV reported last month. In earlier testimonies, former employees said this wasn't out of the ordinary for Atre, who would reportedly yell at his workers, withhold their paychecks and fire them if he felt disrespected, ultimately creating a hostile and fear-based work environment."
"Eventually, it became common for Atre's employees to joke about robbing him or causing him harm, KRON-TV said in its Thursday report. Then, in the early morning hours of October 2019, Kaleb Charters dropped off his brother, Kurtis Charters, Lindsay and their friend Joshua Camps at Atre's home. Camps was reportedly told that his job would be easy: "Grab a couple things and get out." When Camps found Atre in bed and woke him up,"
Tushar Atre, a multimillionaire cannabis CEO, was found dead at a rural property in the Santa Cruz Mountains in October 2019. Several suspects were arrested and accused of kidnapping Atre from his oceanfront home and killing him. Kaleb Charters testified that he and Stephen Lindsay worked long days for about $200 daily and were paid little after 10 days of work. After losing keys to a vehicle, Atre allegedly withheld pay and demanded 500 pushups for $1,400, humiliating employees. Employees often joked about robbing or harming Atre. In early October 2019, Charters drove others to Atre's home where they confronted him.
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