It was reported on August 3, 2007 that Chidester's parents intended to sue 'Ethnosupply'—a Canadian-based Internet company that sold Salvia divinorum to Brett some four months before his death.
In August of 2007, the news broke that Chidester's parents intended to file a lawsuit against Ethnosupply, a Canadian internet firm that had previously sold Salvia divinorum to Brett prior to his passing.