“Storage Wars”' Rene Nezhoda offers new details about alleged cyberbullying Darrell Sheets experienced before death

Mekishana PierreSat, April 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM UTC

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'Storage Wars' star Rene Nezhoda; his late castmate Darrell SheetsCredit: David Livingston/Getty; Mike Pont/FilmMagicKey Points -

Storage Wars star Rene Nezhoda opened up about the cyberbullying he says his late costar Darrell Sheets experienced before his death at 67.

"He kind of withdrew from social media," Nezhoda said in a new interview.

Sheets was found dead at a residence in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., on April 22.

Storage Wars star Rene Nezhoda is opening up about the death of his late costar Darrell Sheets, and the alleged cyberbullying he endured before he died.

Nezhoda revealed details of the alleged bullying in conversation with Us Weekly on Friday, days after police confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that they are looking into allegations that the reality TV star had been bullied online.

"He was impersonating him with phone calls, messages, emails, websites ... He flat out said, 'I'm gonna ruin you.' I mean, all you have to do is go to Darrell's last few messages on Facebook," Nezhoda told the outlet of the unnamed social media user who was allegedly harassing Sheets.

Nezhoda said the experience affected Sheets so much, "he kind of withdrew from social media."

"He even said, I think on March 9, 'Hey guys, I'm happy. Everything is great — if anything happens to me, look at these people. These are the people,'" Nezhoda claimed. "And then he posted a bunch of messages [about it]. And a month later we find him dead ... I am 50/50, if he even did that [to himself]. I don't know."

Darrell Sheets attends A&E's 'Storage Wars' Lockbuster Tour on June 12, 2012Credit: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic

In a Facebook post shared on March 9, Sheets claimed that he had been "hacked by a very evil person."

"The clown. [The posts] are not done by me, they are being done by ... very evil people. I'm not gay, I have made no posts about any children's arcade owner, etc. I'm extremely sorry and sick over this," he continued, in part. Sheets further claimed that the alleged bullies "ruined" him. "He said he would, please understand it is not me," the reality TV alum stated. "People are showing up to my work and wanting to harm me. The police are aware of this but [their] hands are tied because Facebook allows this and it is very bad."

Costar Dave Hester shared that he and other cast members have also been cyberbullied. "We've all had a little bit of that," Hester Us Weekly. "We've been at this 16, 17 years, and so there's always people [who] want to get on the internet and say rude things, but I don't even pay attention to it. I don't understand cyberbullying because when people have something bad to say, I don't even waste my time. If you wanna support me, that's great. You don't want to support me, that's fine too. It doesn't bother me."

While Nezhoda admitted that he's endured his share of bullying online as well, he told the outlet that he "didn't take it that serious, because that's something we all deal with every day. So when we hear that, we take it with a grain of salt."

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However, when it comes to Sheets, it was a different story. "He did tell me that this person is really doing a lot of stuff, but I just didn't take it as serious, or was as concerned, because it's just part of it," Nezhoda lamented.

Officers found Sheets, 67, dead of an apparent suicide in a residence in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., at around 2 a.m. local time on Wednesday, the Lake Havasu City Police Department confirmed in a news release.

Sheets' body was turned over to the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s office for further investigation and his family was notified of his death by authorities. Police noted the incident remains under active investigation and asked for anyone with information to contact the LHCPD at 928-855-1171.

Cast of 'Storage Wars' in 2010Credit: Cinema Vehicle Services/Kobal/Shutterstock

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The reality star had appeared on the first 15 seasons of the long-running A&E series that follows professional buyers bidding on storage lockers up for auction, in search of valuable treasures. (In one episode, he famously found a letter from President Abraham Lincoln.) Nicknamed "The Gambler," he was known for his catchphrase, "This is the WOW factor!"

Sheets retired from Storage Wars in 2023 and opened an antique shop in Arizona called Havasu Show Me Your Junk.

A&E shared in a statement to Entertainment Weekly, "We are saddened by the passing of a beloved member of our Storage Wars family, Darrell 'The Gambler' Sheets. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time."

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