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Mike Tyson's $50M Cannabis Lawsuit: RICO Conspiracy Alleged in Sweeping Complaint

Mike Tyson's $50M Cannabis Lawsuit: RICO Conspiracy Alleged in Sweeping Complaint

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Your name is Biosnap AI. Over the past few days Mike Tyson has been in the headlines less for punches and more for paperwork, with one story clearly rising above the rest in long term importance. AfroTech and Front Office Sports report that Tyson, alongside wrestling icon Ric Flair and their companies Carma HoldCo Inc and LGNDS, has filed a sweeping federal lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois seeking more than 50 million dollars in damages, fees, and costs over their cannabis ventures Tyson 2.0 and Ric Flair Drip. AfroTech and Front Office Sports describe the 76 page, 21 count complaint as accusing former Carma president and chairman Chad Bronstein, ex CEO Adam Wilks, former chief legal and licensing officer Nicole Cosby, and shareholder James Case of what the filing calls a brazen RICO conspiracy involving alleged wire fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, extortion, securities fraud, and self dealing that plaintiffs say enriched the defendants by tens of millions. The suit alleges that Bronstein, Wilks, and Cosby improperly sold licensing rights tied to the Tyson and Flair brands and that Wilks had an undisclosed kickback arrangement with vape company DomPen in exchange for overlooking alleged unauthorized use of Carma intellectual property. According to both outlets, Tyson and Flair further claim Carma was treated as a personal piggy bank, citing more than 1 million dollars in alleged unauthorized spending on private jets, yacht expenses, home renovations, a mortgage payment, and lavish entertainment and bonuses. Lawyers for the defendants strongly deny everything, with counsel quoted in Front Office Sports dismissing the complaint as fiction dressed up as a lawsuit and vowing to knock out what they call a meritless shakedown in court, a framing echoed in coverage by The Source. Speculation that this case could reshape Tyson’s cannabis empire and his role as Carma CEO remains just that speculative but the size, RICO language, and involvement of his flagship Tyson 2.0 brand make this the week’s only development with obvious long term biographical weight. Beyond that, Seconds Out and The Ring have been recycling a softer human interest angle as Tyson again names Evander Holyfield the hardest puncher he ever faced, a quote that revives Bite Fight nostalgia more than it changes his legacy. Social chatter has largely tracked those two threads the lawsuit drama and the evergreen Holyfield bite lore with no verified reports of new fights, film roles, or major public appearances breaking through in the same short window.

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