There’s a lot of balls in the air when it comes to Diamond‘s chapter 11 process. Wednesday, September 10 is the next hearing, this one having to do with Sparkle Pop having sold consignment goods when they weren’t supposed to.

The short version, Diamond still has a lot of inventory in its possession that are on consignment. Diamond wants to sell the inventory to raise money so it can pay back its lender, JPMorgan Chase Bank. But, publishers don’t want them to and have filed been fighting to stop their motion. During that, it was revealed that Sparkle Pop had sold a bunch of the goods on consignment when they shouldn’t have.

Diamond filed a motion at the end of August to force Sparkle Pop to stop selling the inventory and also asking for some sort of damages. Sparkle Pop has said they have stopped selling the inventory and have the money set aside and waiting to be told what to do with it by the court and blamed Diamond for the issues. Then, there’s publishers who have some issues with Diamond’s motion against Sparkle Pop. Diamond released its witness and exhibit list as well as took at some shots at Sparkle Pop’s filing.

Now, ahead of the hearing which takes place today, Sparkle Pop has released its own witness and exhibit list.

While it doesn’t name any specific individuals, Sparkle Pop has stated it reserves the right to call:

1. any person listed or called as a witness by any other party;
2. any person necessary to establish the authenticity or admissibility of exhibits;
3. (any person for purposes of impeachment; and
4. any person for purposes of rebuttal.

That could change though as things play out.

The exhibit list has much of what we’d expect like the various agreements Sparkle Pop agreed to when it purchased Diamond’s assets but there’s a few items that do stand out.

• May 27, 2025 Email from Diamond Comic Distributors to Vendors regarding VENDORS Important Update on Outstanding Invoices and Future Payments
• Sparkle Pop document production in response to Subpoena, Bates stamped SP000001-SP000079

So, there’s some email that went out from Diamond to vendors regarding invoices and payments, most likely clarifying who is responsible for what after the purchase but there might be more. Also, there’s document production and who knows what might be in there.

You can check out the full filing below: