Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield and his wife filed a lawsuit on Nov. 22 in an Austin, Texas, District Court claiming his father’s company stole $12 million.
According to the lawsuit, more than $12 million was taken from Baker and Emily Mayfield from 2018 to 2021.
The lawsuit says a collection of interconnected entities with common ownership transferred more than $12 million from Mayfield to themselves without authorization, proper documentation or adequate accounting of the transactions. The defendants then allegedly used the money however they desired, “including to fund acquisitions or to cover general operating expenses (such as to meet payroll obligations),” according to the lawsuit.
No word on whether Baker Mayfield’s “money celebration” during the Bucs’ win over the Giants on Sunday was directed as his father and the company rather than New York QB Tommy DeVito.
