The owner of the now-defunct Daiquiri Factory is being investigated for identity theft, according to court documents.
Jamie Christen Pendleton’s 23-year-old daughter, Jamie Khrystian Pendleton, accused her father of using her name to apply for a liquor license in Spokane.
Court documents show the younger Pendleton said she has been estranged from her father since 2008 and recently tried to get a copy of her credit history but could not because she didn’t have the correct verification answers on Credit Karma. According to court documents, that is a common indication someone else has used a young person’s credit.
She filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission saying her identity had been stolen, and investigators found the senior Pendleton had been convicted of grand theft in Coeur D’Alene. She called the Spokane Police Department in June and filed a police report.
“As a convicted felon, J. Christen Pendleton is restricted from obtaining and/or maintaining a liquor license in the State of Washington,” according to court documents.
The bar website, updated as of May 5, claimed the downtown location would be reopening this summer. It originally made headlines after opening in 2014 for a drink named "Date Grape Kool-Aid" that caused some public outcry.
Documents show an application filed to the Washington State Liquor Cannabis Board, dated April 6, 2016, for the Spokane Downtown Daiquiri Factory was under the following names: Jamie K. Pendleton, Jacqueline S. Pendleton (his mother) and Sabrina M. Thompson, a Post Falls, Idaho woman.
