Sanders is being sued for $170,000 because Mercedes-Benz wants to repossess her car, which adds to the effects of her bankruptcy
Another lawsuit has been added to the bankruptcy case that already has a $11.89 million verdict, disputed NIL money, and a car repossession scare.
Shilo Sanders’ legal issues are increasingly intertwined with his upcoming project, and the latest news adds another financial burden to the ongoing turmoil.
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has filed a new lawsuit in Texas state court, saying Sanders owes about $170,000 in unpaid legal fees. The lawsuit is because the company dropped a federal case against Sanders in May without prejudice. The firm says the unpaid balance is due to work connected to Sanders’ bankruptcy case and related litigation. This work was done after the lawyer who was handling Sanders’ case left Barnes & Thornburg and went to work for another firm. According to Barnes & Thornburg’s new lawsuit, Mr. Sanders has refused to pay the Plaintiff, even though it was his clear duty to do so, and his account is still unpaid.
That means the most recent filing is more than just a disagreement over billing. It comes down while Sanders is already going through Chapter 7 bankruptcy. He filed for bankruptcy in October 2023, when he owed more than $11 million. Sanders owes a lot of money to John Darjean, a former school security guard in Dallas who sued him over a fight in 2015. Sanders says he moved in self-defense, but Darjean got a $11.89 million default judgment against him because he didn’t show up for his trial in 2022.
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Thereafter, the case turned into a full study of money. Sanders wants to get rid of the ruling, but Darjean is fighting it in bankruptcy court, saying that the debt shouldn’t be forgiven. The case of Darjean v. Sanders is still going on in the federal bankruptcy court in Colorado, according to court records.
In the meantime, the pressure has grown beyond the original decision. A bankruptcy trustee has been looking into reports about disputed NIL-related transfers, and Mercedes-Benz recently asked for permission to take Sanders’ car back, saying he was more than $9,000 behind on payments. Mercedes later dropped the attempt to take back the car, but the filing still made the case more public, and now every financial move is being watched.
Sanders is no longer worried about a case from when he was a teenager. It’s all adding up: a ruling for millions of dollars, bankruptcy, disputed business money, drama over luxury car debt, and now a new attorney-fee case. His past, his money problems, and his plans for the future all keep coming together in court.
