Dez Bryant is retaliating against his ex-financial advisor in a major way.
According to NFL.com, Bryant is countersuing Royce West, the same advisor who claimed Bryant caused sixty thousand dollars worth of damage to his home, for a whopping two hundred thousand dollars claiming West used his celebrity to “improperly line his own pockets and those of his business associates.”
According to the lawsuit, Wells created a company called Dez Enterprises for marketing deals that sometimes were made without Bryant’s knowledge..
According to the lawsuit, Wells “absconded” with more than $200,000 owed to Bryant from endorsements. The alleges West and his law firm breached fiduciary duties by taking $300,000 from Bryant. West devised the scheme to rob Bryant, the lawsuit alleges, and Bryant asks the court to recover all losses, as well as any fees paid. “West proceeded with conscious indifference to Bryant’s rights and welfare,” it reads. It also claims West did not disclose pertinent facts to Bryant, calling him “deliberately silent.”
The suit also claims West would “instruct endorsement companies and others to make payments for any endorsement agreements to Wells, not Bryant. Many of these payments stopped at Wells and/or West, but never reached Bryant.”
The penalty for these actions, should Bryant emerge successful, are unclear at this time but fully expect Bryant to press to the full extent of the law.