Crime Co owner of Sycamore Brewing arrested after breaking into the home of a 13 year old girl and raping her. - Famous high end craft beer company faces disastrous backlash with multiple stores and bars dropping their products in the wake of a disgusting crime committed by one half of the husband and wife owners of the Sycamore brewery.

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By Connor Lomis
Published: Dec. 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM EST


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The now-former owner of one of Charlotte’s most popular breweries was arrested last week after being accused of raping a child and breaking into a Stanly County home.

Court records showed that 44-year-old Justin Brigham, once the co-owner of Sycamore Brewing, was issued a $10 million bond on Thursday, Dec. 11, and charged with statutory rape of a child, first-degree burglary, and indecent liberties with a child.

Just days later, on Monday, Dec. 15, Brigham was charged with additional crimes related to the incident, which are listed below.

  • Three counts of statutory sex offense with a child under the age of 15
  • One count of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor
  • One count of soliciting a child by computer
  • One count of assault inflicting serious bodily injury

What we know​

According to arrest warrants, Brigham was accused of breaking into a home along Furr Road in Stanfield on Wednesday, Dec. 10, before raping a 13-year-old girl inside the residence.

Deputies said that just before midnight, the girl’s parents called 911 to report that an unknown man had been found in her bedroom. When officers arrived, they reportedly found Brigham completely naked inside a nearby car, and he was taken into custody without incident.

Stanly County Sheriff Jeff Crisco said Brigham and the girl had met on Snapchat two weeks before the alleged rape.


At some point, Brigham was also accused of assaulting someone else inside the home by “grabbing, squeezing, twisting, and pulling his penis and testicles,” according to another arrest warrant obtained on Monday, Dec. 15.

Brigham’s wife issues statement​

Brigham’s wife issued a statement just hours after allegations surfaced that her husband had raped a child in Stanly County.

Sarah, who signed off her statement with her maiden name, Taylor, is the now-sole owner of Sycamore Brewing. She wrote that she was “devastated” by the accusations against her husband.

“To our employees, customers, and partners, I am devastated by the charges against Justin and the pain this has inflicted on our family and others,” she wrote. “Effective immediately, I am assuming full leadership of the company. Justin is divesting all of his interest and will have no further involvement. Our team remains my highest priority as a Mom and a business owner.”

Sycamore releases new statement​

After the initial statement released by Brigham’s wife on Thursday, Sycamore released a much longer, in-depth statement on Saturday, Dec. 13. That can be read, in full, below.

“We wanted to speak directly to our friends and the community about events from the past few days:

“On Thursday, our co-founder and former owner, Justin Brigham, was charged by the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office with statutory rape of a child, first-degree burglary and indecent liberties with a child. These charges are horrifying and Justin’s acts are despicable.

“We are heartbroken for the victim. No person should have to endure what she did. We realize that words cannot fix what has been done, but want everyone to know that our hearts are completely broken for her. These are unforgiveable actions. Justin made horrible decisions and now he must deal with the consequences. We hope that justice is rapid and allows for the victim and her family to begin the healing process.

“When we first learned of Justin’s arrest on Thursday, Sarah Taylor, co-founder and owner, put out a short statement. This statement came from a devastated wife and a mother trying to make sense of something unthinkable. Released shortly after learning of the news, the statement tried to provide information and share that Justin was no longer an owner or manager of Sycamore.

“Sarah is navigating an unknown path, trying to find footing as a mother and as the owner of a business with deep ties to our community. Amid the shock and devastation, she is focusing on her duties to both a shattered household and a shattered community to bring both through this situation.

“Endless people have been impacted by Justin’s actions. Our Sycamore staff has been steadfast, working tirelessly amidst the chaos and uncertainty. We will get through this, and this family has each others’ backs.

“For our community, friends, customers, neighbors - we realize that trust has been violated. We know you are angry. We are angry too and still learning and processing the full scope of what happened. While there is a legal process unfolding, we want to be transparent with you about how deeply we share your outrage and sorrow.

“To be clear - Sycamore will NOT assist in Justin’s defense. We trust that the legal system will hold Justin fully accountable for what he has done. This is about doing right by all of those who have been affected by this - first and foremost, by the victim and her family. But, also by Sarah and her daughter, and by the innocent people whose livelihoods depend on Sycamore.

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Bars, grocery stores drop Sycamore beer​

Bars and grocery stores across North Carolina dropped Sycamore Brewing products after accusations against Brigham surfaced.

Among the bars that took action were Bargarita in Charlotte’s NoDa neighborhood and Freya’s Haus in Wilmington.


Bargarita posted a photo on social media Thursday showing Sycamore beer being poured down a sink drain, captioning that the bar was “heartbroken and disgusted by the news.”

Freya’s Haus also announced it was pulling the brewery’s beer, adding that every dollar from remaining Sycamore products would be donated to a local rape crisis center. “We believe accountability and care for people matter more than silence,” the bar wrote on Instagram.

Hoppin’, The Union, and Tilt on Trade in Charlotte were among other establishments that said they would no longer serve the brewery’s products.

Major grocery chains, including Publix and Food Lion, also confirmed they would stop selling Sycamore products in their stores.


Bar supports Sycamore workers, but condemns owners’ actions​

Another bar in North Carolina said it will continue selling Sycamore beer after the allegations against Brigham.

Goodfellows, a bar in Chapel Hill, said in a social media post Saturday, Dec. 13, that it plans to keep the beer on tap to support the brewery’s workers, while condemning the allegations against Sycamore’s ownership.

“Instead of dumping the beer and penalizing the innocent, hard-working people who rely on the brewery for their livelihoods, we’re going to continue to work with Sycamore going forward,” the bar wrote.

Goodfellows also said it will donate a portion of future Sycamore beer sales to the Orange County Rape Crisis Center.


“We feel this is the fairest way forward,” the bar wrote.
 
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The Cringe Connoisseur said:
What kind of psychotic retard owns one half of one the hottest craft beer brands around, has a family and definitely millions of dollars, and then throws it all away to rape a kid?
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Someone who definitely was a narcissist (and horridly most likely a groomer) well before this. I’m reminded of Robert Williams in that he was also a seemingly put together careerist, but used this as a front for his rampage. The only difference in that respect was that this guy was caught day 1
 
News Enjoyer said:
What a strange thing to do on a whim. Reminds me of that famous Japanese comic guy who one day went on a serial groping spree apparently out of the blue. Did he say why he did it? Not that it really matters, beer batter fry the creep in his own piss water, but I am always curious about these sudden psychotic breaks.
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Two weeks is too damn quick. This wasn’t his first rapeo.
 
i440BX said:
Failed the "Guess the race" game.
Still, this guy deserves the woodchipper.
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How the fuck did you fail guess the race when it was the owner of a micro brew?

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Charlotte is a fucking blight. Avoid NC as much as possible.
 
Man that's one way to screw over your ex wife and destroy the company you helped build with her. "I know I'll rape a girl so all our products are banned and stocks will plummet." You gotta wonder this guy's mentality here. Literally finding an underaged girl and breaking into her bedroom just screams psycho. How the fuck did he ever open a successful business in the first place? Also you don't just suddenly become a sexual deviant like this. Who's guessing he's done fucked up shit before but now he's caught redhanded. I'm sure the wife knew how fucked up he was. Hopefully she's not complicit with his shit. And they have children too? Jesus 😤
 
So let me see if I got this story straight.

This guy solicits some underage thot on Snapchat. Probably with money because nonces and teen girls are both stupid.

Then they plan a meet-up at her house in the middle of the night, on a weekday, while her parents are home, to hook up.

Her parents obviously catch them in the act, then the dude runs out of the house naked, leaving all of his clothes behind, and then parks his own vehicle nearby while still naked which is the same vehicle he took to her house.

I know criminals are typically not the smartest bunch but holy FUCK this guy was retarded. I assume his wife was the brains behind the business.
 
Adrian Dittmann said:
I'm curious to how this happened:
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When you get caught butt naked, there's a special technique that gooners call the Crotch Clutch.

When the witnessing party is stunned by your display of nudity, immediately claw one of your hands and just grab them by the crotch and pull. The theory is they'll be even MORE flabbergasted and it gives you time to make your escape as they try to process what is happening.

Assuming, that is, you are wanting to escape and not keep compromising yourself because it gets you off as well.
 
Memes Cat said:
Yeah the Carolinas are kinda rapey not counting Chris Chan and this guy. Wtf is in the water down there?
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Stereotypes exist for a reason, the carolinas and the south in general really is filled with low IQ white trash sub human junkies who are either on heroin or meth and likely come from incest. The well water for the most part is amazingly clean though, a large portion of the people are just stupid hicks. Nature in the south is beautiful and diverse but the "culture" here is all whining about the confederacy getting curb stomped, racism, whining about being held accountable for racism, drug addicts everywhere, refusing to be responsible your entire life, doing drugs, having multiple kids with various deadbeat losers and then whining about not having any money and just in general being about as worthless stupid hypocritical and irresponsible as humanly possible.

In the town I used to live in I filed a police report against my worthless white trash worm of a neighbor who was a junkie and hanged out with other junkies who stole people's shit and tried to break into cars and sell drugs to people. The police department was quite literally a 10-20 minute walk away. The worthless pig told ME to go get their names and license plate numbers. And that's how I lost all respect for the police, they're worthless lazy pieces of shit who won't do anything unless they're either forced to or if they think they'll get something out of it like an arrest or citation that helps them look good. Every aspect of this fucking country needs complete reform I swear.
 
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The beer is/was mediocre but the place was very popular with yuppie transplants that live in the South End. Place is/was well known where drunken yuppies would let their children and dogs wander around whilst Mom and Dad got loaded. I only went twice and I hated the crowd it catered to so much I completely gave up drinking craft beer. Also they’d put out “Holiday” themed small batches with lewd can art. I hope the dude gets his ass cracked by some pipe hitting niggas in prison.
 
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