Schnatter said the n-word on a business call
But a July 11 Forbes story reported that on a May conference call,
Schnatter used the n-word. The context was a training exercise,
with a marketing agency called Laundry Service to train Schnatter
to prevent PR gaffes. According to Forbes, Schnatter complained on the call
that “Colonel Sanders called blacks n*****s” and was not
publicly criticized for it. Schnatter issued an apology and did not deny the story.
But the dominos fell in a matter of hours on Wednesday
as various organizations associated with Papa John’s,
or Schnatter personally, cut ties.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nfl-protests-led-papa-john-schnatters-downfall-203838856.html