State requires Sequel Pomegranate to relinquish its license citing 'recurring incidents' Sequel Pomegranate will be barred from seeking a new license to operate a residential facility for a minimum period of at least 10 months. Author: Bennett Haeberle Updated: 11:53 PM EST December 11, 2020 Citing recurring incidents – some of which included violent assaults and improper restraints of children - the state announced Friday it would require Sequel Pomegranate to immediately relinquish its license and would bar it from re-applying to operate its residential psychiatric facility for teens for nearly a year. Through a series of investigative reports that date back to July 2019, 10 Investigates uncovered how teens at the facility were being exposed to repeated incidents of violence and improper restraints.