When Wichita area franchisees discovered the corporation, G.P.A, Inc., had been surreptitiously receiving kickbacks from required suppliers, they sued it for damages involving alleged breach of contract and antitrust violations in a class-action lawsuit.
[1] In November 2011 he also complained, in his presidency of the Kansas chapter of the National Restaurant and Hospitality Association, that the Obama Administration dictated an "unprecedented intrusion" by ordering workplaces to display an 11" by 17" poster that informed employees of their right to unionize.
While the senate's Majority Leader, Suellentrop opposed Medicaid expansion and rejected the efficacy of wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He was captured after a ten-minute high-speed chase in which he had evaded one nail strip by driving around it but was stopped by another which punctured his tires.
[5][6][7][8] The Shawnee County District Attorney subsequently had refiled escalated charges against Suellentrop, which included felony eluding law enforcement and misdemeanor driving under the influence.
Court filings and the arresting trooper's testimony alleged that Suellentrop narrowly avoided at least two near-head on collisions with oncoming motorists, making physical threats as his blood was tested for alcohol level, three hours after his life-threatening flight had been stopped.
[11] More rank-and-file Republican senators showed frustration as Suellentrop's legal difficulties impeded the last days of the legislative session.
Republican Senator Rick Kloos demanded that the caucus vote on Suellentrop's future service the next morning, April 9th.
"[10] On April 9, Masterson requested that Suellentrop step down from his leadership post as the body reacted to new details regarding Sellentrop's arrest.
District Judge Jason Geier sentenced him to 6 months in the county jail for his DUI plus 90 days for reckless driving.
The confinement sentences were suspended, but the 69-year-old senator was only given 48 hours in jail, to be served November 18–20, 2021, in addition to a year's probation.
Recordings of 911 calls and KHP radio transmissions had been received from the Shawnee County Sheriff in response to reporters' Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) requests which documented that calls had reported Suellentrop's SUV traveling the wrong way on Interstate-470 near a Kansas freeway exit south of the Capitol in Topeka, then additionally on Interstate 70 through northern Topeka.