Selena Gomez‘s psychological well being startup is in some severe authorized hassle!
Perezcious readers know that she and her mother, Mandy Teefeylaunched the corporate Wondermindtogether with one other associate named Daniella Piersonwho’s not there on account of alleged issues with Mandy. Whereas the platform began as an incredible thought to assist these battling their psychological struggles, they’ve run into fairly a couple of points recently! Selly’s momma allegedly is unable to pay the workers! They’re in such monetary hassle that Mandy needed to take out a mortgage on her dwelling to maintain the enterprise afloat, though the Wizards of Waverly Place actress is a billionaire! Oof!
Coupled with Mandy’s alleged drug downsidewhich she denied, Wondermind is allegedly not doing properly! And it’s far worse than anybody initially realized! In response to Dailymail.com on Friday, the corporate has additionally been embroiled in a messy lawsuit for months! They allegedly owe almost $1 million to their former landlord in New York Metropolis! Oh s**t!
In a breach of contract lawsuit filed by Genius Sports activities Media Inc. in February 2025, the sports activities firm claimed Wondermind owed $813,027.18 in again lease, and the psychological well being platform has not paid it a 12 months later. Per Genius Sports activities Media’s grievance, it subleased its places of work in New York to Wondermind from August 1, 2022, till October 30, 2024, with an annual fastened quantity that various annually:
“Underneath the Sublease, extra lease included an electrical energy cost, actual property taxes, constructing time beyond regulation prices, and constructing enchancment prices, within the occasion Landlord was required to pay such prices.”
Wondermind was additionally required to offer “a safety deposit of $212,980.24.” If the month-to-month charge was not paid inside seven days after the due date, per the settlement, the fastened lease was topic to a 1.5 p.c monthly late cost. Moreover, if a lawyer needed to become involved, which occurred, Wondermind needed to pay Genius Sports activities Media’s attorneys’ charges, disbursements, and court docket prices. The lawsuit states:
“Wondermind didn’t well timed pay months of fastened and extra lease beneath the Sublease. This consists of an preliminary failure by Wondermind to pay extra lease prices for prior month electrical and a waste charge on April 28, 2023. Wondermind then didn’t pay whole lease, fastened and extra lease, from Could 2023 by October 2024.”
A discover of default was issued in August 2024, saying the “whole quantity of monies owed for fastened and extra lease as of August 21, 2024, was $875,917.36.” After the lawsuit started, Wondermind paid $213,000 to Genius Sports activities, which then lowered the quantity to $813,027.18. In Wondermind’s response submitting, they denied lots of the accusations. They then accused Genius Sports activities Media of failing “to credit score sure funds made by defendant (Wondermind).”
Genius Sports activities Media is now ready for a call on its movement for a abstract judgment, which is able to decide whether or not the decide will transfer ahead with out a trial. And it sounds just like the sports activities enterprise desires this situation wrapped up ASAP! Again on November 24, 2025, Genius Sports activities Media’s lawyer defined that they gave extensions to Wondermind up to now as knowledgeable courtesy. Nevertheless, they’re now refusing to grant one other one within the hopes it’ll assist finalize the case quickly. The attorneys are additionally fearful that Wondermind, which has headquarters in Los Angeles, won’t pay Genius Sports activities Media the cash they’re owed — all as a result of the psychological well being firm could go bankrupt! The submitting said:
“Wondermind continues to specific that it might be in dire monetary straits. Information stories additionally recommend that the corporate is coping with financing points. Because of this, the prospect of chapter seems fairly actual. Day by day that passes poses a menace that Wondermind could file for chapter or in any other case liquidate its property, harming the possibilities that Genius Sports activities could have in recovering any funds on account of it beneath the Sublease.”
Moreover, Genius Sports activities Media claimed Wondermind’s previous filings have include “factual inaccuracies and blatant misstatements regarding communications between the events.” And right here is one other stunning half! Wondermind’s lawyer defined in court docket filings that the explanation for all of the delays is that he couldn’t attain his personal consumer on the time! WHAT!
The lawyer defined that all of it comes all the way down to his “purported incapability” to talk to his consumer from the psychological well being startup, whom he didn’t identify, and he has tried a number of occasions with no success:
“I tried a number of occasions final week with out success to achieve our consumer by electronic mail and phone in a ultimate try and resolve the Movement and, if the Movement have been to proceed, how we must always reply. I have no idea why our consumer has been unreachable.”
Due to that, Wondermind’s lawyer reportedly wished to again out of the case altogether! The court docket granted the lawyer the proper to file a movement to withdraw as counsel by the tip of January, however no such submitting has been submitted. Hmm. We guess he modified his thoughts! Or he, hopefully, lastly acquired in contact along with his consumer by that time!
To color an image of Wondermind’s monetary troubles, a court docket exhibit filed in October 2025 confirmed an electronic mail despatched by Bhavik Trivedithe then-Chief Working Officer at Wondermind, which had Mandy copied on the e-mail, in October 2023. Trivedi, who left Wondermind in June 2025, wrote to Genius Sports activities Media concerning the firm’s “extreme monetary burden,” saying:
“I hope you possibly can perceive the extreme monetary burden this workplace represents primarily based on the choices of previous management and the way little utility we’re capable of extract from it. Whereas we’re in an extremely difficult monetary state of affairs that’s seeing us navigate month to month, we consider the proposal under could also be one that’s amenable to Genius.”
Yikes…
A January 9, 2026, submitting states {that a} convention was held in early January with each events’ attorneys current. The listening to is adjourned to April. We’ll see what occurs subsequent, however this isn’t good for Selena and Mandy! Reactions, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF within the feedback (under)!
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