October 6 is going to be a busy day when it comes to Diamond’s bankruptcy. A hearing was already set regarding the compromise between 15 publishers, Diamond, and its trustee Morgan W. Fisher regarding consigned goods. Now, two more issues are being added to the discussion.

A notice has been posted expanding the scope of that original hearing (we’ve taken the notice from American Mythology but the same notice was sent to multiple publishers):

In person hearing Courtroom 9−D Baltimore, Judge Rice.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing will be held on 10/6/26 at 10:00 AM to consider and act upon the following:
32 − Third Party Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Discovery Filed by American Mythology Productions LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits 1−6 # 2 Proposed Order) (Hopkin, Catherine)
33 − Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Third−Party Plaintiffs Motions to Compel Discovery Filed by Jodie E. Bekman (related document(s)32 Motion to Compel filed by 3rd Party Plaintiff American Mythology Productions
LLC, Counter−Claimant American Mythology Productions LLC, Defendant American Mythology Productions LLC).(Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 # 2 Exhibit 2 # 3 Exhibit 3) (Bekman, Jodie)

The first issue, “Third Party Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Discovery,” is regarding a filing in early August where publishers requested the court to force Sparkle Pop to allow for an audit of the consigned goods in the company’s possession. The plaintiff’s claim they haven’t gotten an updated count as to what is in the warehouse and there needs to be a physical count of what remains.

The second topic, “Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Third−Party Plaintiffs Motions to Compel Discovery” is Sparkle Pop’s response to that. They’re against the request for a long list of reasons including the cost to them, safety issues, and more.