The movie “American Sniper,” based on the life of ex-Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, has brought in more than $130 million in domestic ticket sales in its first week, but the SWAT team training business that Kyle founded after leaving the military is preparing to shut down, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Before “American Sniper” hit the big screen, there was a messy trail of accusations and bankruptcy litigation involving the business he founded, Craft International LLC, and his widow, Taya Kyle, who was called the company’s “litigation nemesis” in court filings by Craft’s lawyers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Dallas. Now, Kyle and Craft’s creditors have reached a settlement under which the company will shut down, the Kyle family can live rent-free until Oct. 30 in their Midlothian, Texas, home, and Kyle will get the rights to Craft’s skull-shaped logo.
