irs ▁for ▁$ 1 ▁million . ▁Once ▁De ▁No ia ▁was ▁killed , ▁Mer ritt ▁took ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁tour ing ▁shows ▁as ▁well . ▁A ▁video ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Steve ▁Mer ritt ▁show , ▁titled ▁" T all , ▁Dark ▁& ▁H ands ome " ▁produced ▁by ▁Creative ▁Director ▁Eric ▁Gilbert ▁and ▁Steve ▁Ban er je e ▁was ▁released ▁through ▁C ele br ity ▁Home ▁Entertainment ▁and ▁sold ▁in ▁wide ▁ret ail ▁through ▁Sp encer ▁G ifts ▁and ▁Target . ▁ ▁The ▁Ch ipp end ales , ▁though ▁still ▁popular , ▁continued ▁to ▁suffer ▁from ▁legal ▁troubles , ▁conflicts ▁with ▁" copy cat " ▁companies , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁an ▁alleg ation ▁of ▁murder ▁— ▁that ▁Ban er je e ▁had ▁arranged ▁De ▁No ia ' s ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁killing ▁and ▁the ▁proposed ▁killing ▁of ▁N ah in . ▁ ▁Ban er je e ▁was ▁arrested ▁and ▁his ▁b ail ▁denied , ▁due ▁in ▁part ▁to ▁testim ony ▁that ▁Ban er je e ▁had ▁said ▁he ▁intended ▁to ▁pay ▁a ▁private ▁pilot ▁$ 2 5 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁fly ▁him ▁back ▁to ▁India ▁without ▁a ▁pass port , ▁and ▁threatened ▁to ▁commit ▁suic ide ▁if ▁he ▁was ▁arrested . ▁So on ▁after , ▁the ▁charges ▁against ▁him ▁were ▁expanded ▁to ▁include ▁the ▁h ired ▁hit ▁of ▁De ▁No ia ▁and ▁the ▁planned ▁hit ▁of ▁N ah in ▁and ▁a ▁group ▁in ▁Europe ▁known ▁as ▁Ad on is . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁morning