David Beckham Alleges He Was 'Duped' Into Signing Deal With Mark Wahlberg's Fitness Company -- Costing Him $10 Million?!
23.04.2024 - 08:48
/ perezhilton.com
David Beckham is suing Mark Wahlberg! Uh-oh!
The English soccer star’s DB Ventures company filed a lawsuit on Friday against F45 Training, which the actor owns more than 30% of, according to The Sun. In the filing, David claims the workout company “duped” him into signing an endorsement deal — only for them not to live up to their expensive end of the bargain!
Here’s the deal. Per the outlet, which obtained court docs, Victoria Beckham‘s husband agreed to be the brand’s global ambassador in August 2021. This all stems from Becks’ move to Los Angeles in 2007, after which point he and Mark had become pals — before both leaving the state.
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After appearing in several promo pics for the brand on social media (which have since been deleted), David claims he was never paid the $10 million (!!!) that he was promised. Damn!
Per their contract, he was allegedly supposed to receive the money via stocks in the fitness company, which were supposed to be given to him in early 2022. Unfortunately, F45 allegedly didn’t get the ball rolling on that payment until after the share prices plummeted — costing him all that money! Per the Telegraph, the price had gone from around $12 a share to $3 a share by the time the company got around to getting Beckham what he was owed. That’s a big difference! Oof.
The athlete is also suing Wahlberg’s investment firm, Mark Wahlberg Investment Group, and F45 founders Adam Gilchrist and Rob Deutsch. And this isn’t his only time bringing up this issue! He originally went after the brand alongside former golfer Greg Norman in 2022, but a judge ordered them to separate their lawsuits.
According to Us Weekly, David’s company first filed a