by NBA superstar Kyrie Irving is being sued for nearly $400,000 by a health and wellness company that claims he wasn’t paid for his services.
Irving reportedly hired Elite Mind Solutions and therapist Natasha McCartney for a family retreat he was hosting for friends and family from June 28 to July 2 and initially told them that approximately 50-60 people would attend, according to TMZ. .
The number rose to 115 people in the days before the retreat, and the lawsuit claims that 150 participants ultimately attended the event.
The suit states that all therapeutic exercises and sessions for which it was hired were performed and when someone died at the event, McCartney provided crisis management services and grief counseling.
According to the lawsuit, invoices totaling $390,710 were sent to Irving but never paid.
“After making direct contact with Kyrie Irving and his associates, Mr. Irving deferred it all to his supporting cast,” attorney Michael Faragalla, who represents McCartney, told The Independent. “He couldn’t even pick up the phone and call Natasha McCartney, so he made no attempt to resolve the issue. [the situation] prior to actual submission [of the lawsuit]. Of course he had a lawyer hired, and of course his manager and his agent got involved and made several insulting offers, but Kyrie Irving himself never personally tried to make amends.
Additional details about the lawsuit reported by The Independent claimed that on June 30, “the program and retreat came to a halt due to the tragic death of a participant during the event” and that McCartney was detained for “crisis management and bereavement services.”
She “retained the security services of [her] husband…a retired NYPD internal affairs detective, first class in the Internal Affairs Division, to manage the situation and coordinate the intervention with state officials,” the lawsuit alleges, according to The Independent.
The lawsuit also alleged that she was a “liaison between the family and North Dakota officers to secure the crime scene of the deceased family member.”
“She provided vital information to ensure guests were not questioned [police]“immediately facilitated Kyrie’s removal from the scene to avoid media attention and assisted the coroner with preparations for the family’s viewing and transportation,” the lawsuit also alleged.
Irving played four seasons for the Nets before being traded to the Mavericks during the 2022-23 season.
He is averaging 24.8 points per game and 5.6 assists for Dallas this season.
