The Philadelphia Phillies third baseman has accused his parents of misappropriation of his funds.
It’s certainly not the news one expects to hear on Opening Day of the MLB season. Shortly before the first pitch in the Philadelphia Phillies’ opening 5-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Thursday, it came out that Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm has sued his parents. He filed the lawsuit in a Philadelphia court on Wednesday, after a review of his financial affairs put up some flags of his parents’ refusal to give him access to accounts or provide pertinent information. The suit accuses the parents of siphoning large sums of Bohm’s money from his financial accounts they managed and misappropriating those funds to cover their own personal expenses. Specifically, it alleges that they tried to “freeze” Bohm out of four accounts that were LLCs, and “converted a sizable amount” to use those funds themselves.
Bohm’s parents reportedly had already transferred millions of dollars from his personal accounts to the owns they controlled when Bohm began to seek this information out a few months back. Both parents deny the allegations, with their defense attorney, Robert Eckard, countering that Bohm had full access to his accounts and that the parents are actually paying off Bohm’s expenses on their own personal credit cards.
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The lawsuit is seeking at least $3 million in damages, for the parents to concede and hand over control of Bohm’s accounts, and to hire an accountant to track all dollars that were transferred. Bohm is on a $10.2 million contract with Philadelphia.