Baker Mayfield sues own father, claiming he stole $12 million from him

Tampa Bay Buccaneers backmost Baker Mayfield filed a suit against his ain begetter for $12 cardinal stemming from an evident declaration contented with his dad's company.

Mayfield accused his father's company, Canwood Capital, of transferring the wealth from Mayfield and his woman "without authorization" from 2018 to 2021.

According to the lawsuit, the 2 parties reached a colony successful January successful which Mayfield's father, James, would wage astir each of it back, but Mayfield says helium has not received immoderate of it.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers backmost Baker Mayfield speaks astatine a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the San Francisco 49ers successful Tampa, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024.  (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

The archetypal outgo of $250,000 was owed connected Sept. 30, but Mayfield ne'er got it, the suit says.

"Once Plaintiffs began to uncover Defendants' misconduct and sought answers to explicate the taking of their assets, Defendants attempted to obscure the applicable information, avoided Plaintiffs' inquiries, and invented fictional explanations for their actions…" the suit read.

"It is present wide that Defendants had nary volition of making Plaintiffs full erstwhile they entered into the Settlement Agreement. To date, Canwood Capital has not repaid adjacent 1 dollar nether the Settlement Agreement, Defendants person failed to refinance their existing loan, and Defendants person not provided Plaintiffs with entree to their books and records… In different words, Defendants person satisfied nary of their obligations and person refused adjacent to respond to Plaintiffs' outreaches astir those breaches."

Tampa Bay Buccaneers backmost Baker Mayfield (6) passes against the San Francisco 49ers during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful Tampa, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024.  (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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The Mayfields accidental they person "no choice" but to record this caller suit — 9 pages agelong and files successful U.S. District Court successful the Austin Division of the Western District of Texas.

Fox News Digital reached retired to James Mayfield's institution for comment.

Mayfield is successful his 2nd play with the Buccaneers, succeeding connected a one-year prove-it woody past twelvemonth to gain himself a three-year, $100 cardinal pact.

Baker Mayfield #6 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates aft scoring a rushing touchdown against the New York Giants during the 2nd 4th astatine MetLife Stadium connected November 24, 2024 successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Elsa/Getty Images)

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Mayfield's Bucs conscionable walloped the lowly New York Giants, 30-7, erstwhile Mayfield admitted to making a "tribute" to Tommy DeVito with an Italian-hand motion pursuing a rushing touchdown.

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