Hello and welcome to mind of Micah today. Part four of Micah's read of the week about

Papa John and his current obsession with Papa John's. Earlier this week, we've had parts

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Part four. With Shatner's name tarnished, it might have been a good moment for him to walk away,

but he says he cared too much for his former company. In August 2018, he took out a full-page ad in

the Courier Journal to let employees know, quote, dear fellow Papa John's team members,

I miss you all very much. More than words can express. The more Shatner dwelt on the events

that led up to his departure, the more he saw an elaborate conspiracy.

Take his remarks about the NFL. He'd made them at 10 a.m. and yet within a few hours,

they'd become a national story. Never mind that earnings calls are closely watched in financial

press. He suspected that someone at Papa John's might have tipped off the NFL about what he was

likely to say and that the league sounded the alarm with the press. That the league spokesman

then was Joe Lockhart, a former White House press secretary under President Bill Clinton,

only heightens his suspicions. The NFL parenthetically says Shatner's claims aren't true,

and Lockhart says it's pure nonsense that there was conspiracy to let him hang himself.

As for the laundry service call, Shatner is convinced it was masterminded by people there

and at Papa John's who want him gone. He notes that Casey Wasserman, whose company owns

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