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Former Cowboys Running Back Emmitt Smith Is Sued by Investor over Wind Farm Project
Kituwah says Smith’s company used the loan to repay a prior investor and seeks about $600,000 in interest and other damages.
Kituwah LLC filed a lawsuit in Delaware this week, alleging former Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith and 4 13 Solutions misappropriated a $2.5 million loan intended for a Texas wind farm project.
Project Exodus was valued at $396 million and promised nearly $14 million in first-year net income, but the lawsuit claims the funds were actually used to repay a prior investor rather than acquire the energy venture.
Alleging Smith and business partner David Mosley misrepresented efforts to secure U.S. Department of Energy funding, attorneys characterized the operation as 'essentially, like a ponzi scheme.' The loan has accrued about $600,000 in interest.
Darrel Wilson of Wilson Holdings of North America LLC reportedly told Kituwah he received the $2.5 million payment from Smith's company but claimed he did not know its origin. Neither Smith nor 4 13 Solutions has returned requests for comment.
Representing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Kituwah is asking a jury to determine damages for the failed venture, which lacked required government financing and allegedly never became operational.