24 hours day after a relative of Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu was arrested and charged with trying to extort him, Mathieu’s lawyer released a statement saying it was actually multiple family members were in on the scheme.
Attorney Scott Rosenblum revealed that multiple family members allegedly told him they would falsely accuse him of crimes if he didn’t pay them.
“Mr. Mathieu contacted me at the direction of his rep, Denise White, to advise and assist him as he was being victimized by malevolent family members,” Rosenblum said. “Once Mr. Mathieu decided to stop assisting these individuals financially, they turned to harassment, slander and extortion in their quest to gain financially. Their slanderous comments are wholly without merit and were designed to be outrageous enough to secure their outrageous demand of $25 million. Mr. Mathieu is a victim of an unscrupulous shakedown. He is a victim of a crime which he reported to the authorities and the authorities took immediate action. He simply refused to compromise his integrity and cow tow to this criminal conduct.”
It was reported on Wednesday that Geourvon Sears wanted “$1.5 million deposited into his account” while threatening to provide the media with allegations of sexual misconduct. The court documents also allege Sears told some of Mathieu’s relatives: “I want $1.5 million by Friday or I am going to kill all you all.”
This is such a crazy situation that just shows what athletes probably deal with when they come into millions of dollars.
