
09/26/2025
MOUNT CLEMENS, MI — A Mount Clemens man is suing the former Gibraltar Trade Center, claiming the entire flea market empire was built off his image and style, which he says he has been rocking every single day since 1980. The man, who transferred from the Buffalo Wild Wings of London, England to the Mount Clemens location for work, said he first got suspicious when he noticed the giant Gibraltar statue looked exactly like him, except the suit was blue. After digging deeper, he claims he uncovered an original photo of the statue in a brown suit, a picture he says the Trade Center tried to scrub from the internet until he tracked down a copy on the dark web. “I mean, it was like looking in a mirror,” he told reporters, adding that Gibraltar vendors then copied everything from his fashion and swagger to the sale of guns, knives, car subwoofers, airbrushed T-shirts, Oriental rugs, and even used ferrets. In the end, a Mount Clemens jury awarded him just over $40,000, a figure he insists is only a fraction of what Gibraltar made off him from their food court alone.