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Philadelphia Phillies subordinate Alec Bohm is suing his ain parents, alleging they siphoned his money into financial accounts they supposedly managed for him, past utilized it to salary their ain expenses.
Bohm’s lawsuit, revenge Wednesday successful a Philadelphia court, comes aft he began to reappraisal his individual and financial affairs successful caller months. The parents allegedly tried to "freeze" Bohm retired of 4 accounts.
Per his lawsuit, Bohm believes nan parents "converted a sizable amount" of his money from those accounts "to their ain use."
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Philadelphia Phillies 3rd baseman Alec Bohm is forced to clasp nan shot connected a azygous by Detroit Tigers' Mark Canha during nan 4th inning of a shot crippled Monday, June 24, 2024, successful Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
Bohm’s parents, Daniel and Lisa Bohm, denied doing thing incorrect and, done their lawyer Robert Eckard said they are "deeply saddened by nan allegations" and will aggressively take sides themselves, per The Associated Press. Eckard claims Bohm had afloat entree to nan accounts and his parents are paying his expenses connected their individual in installments cards.
"Mr. and Mrs. Bohm emotion their boy very overmuch and person ever acted successful his champion interests, some personally and professionally, and still do truthful to this day," Eckard said.
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Philadelphia Phillies' Alec Bohm throws his bat aft striking retired pinch nan bases loaded during nan seventh inning of a shot crippled against nan Minnesota Twins, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)
After Thursday’s 2026 play opening game, Bohm declined remark to reporters, saying, "I’m not going to reside immoderate individual matters correct now."
Both parties opportunity the first of nan accounts was opened successful 2019. His parents told him that they assigned themselves a 10% stake, strictly for management purposes, and that Bohm was nan "true" proprietor of each nan LLC’s assets, Bohm’s suit said.
The accounts had various purposes, specified arsenic investing successful securities aliases buying existent estate. Bohm’s suit besides said they utilized money from The Alec Bohm Foundation to salary their expenses.
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Alec Bohm #28 of nan Philadelphia Phillies throws to first guidelines during nan seventh inning against nan Los Angeles Angels astatine Citizens Bank Park connected June 4, 2022, successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
Bohm’s suit asks his parents to salary astatine slightest $3 cardinal successful damages, manus complete power of nan accounts and prosecute an accountant to way each dollar they transferred from Bohm’s individual accounts to nan accounts they controlled.
Bohm, 29, has a $10.2 cardinal statement pinch nan Phillies for nan 2026 shot season. The suit said his parents unrecorded successful a recreational conveyance and recreation nan country.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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