{"id":648431,"date":"2026-03-28T10:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/648431\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T10:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:57:06","slug":"phillies-alec-bohm-sues-parents-alleges-misuse-of-millions-in-managed-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/648431\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies&#8217; Alec Bohm sues parents, alleges misuse of millions in managed accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gettyimages-2268514953-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA &#8211; MARCH 26: Alec Bohm #28 of the Philadelphia Phillies celebrates after hitting a three-run home run in the fifth inning against the Texas Rangers on Opening Day at Citizens Bank Park on March 26, 2026 in Philadelphia, Penn <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm has filed a lawsuit against his parents, alleging they took control of his finances and used his money for their own benefit.<\/p>\n<p>   Bohm sues parents over control of financial accounts <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Bohm filed the lawsuit Wednesday in a Philadelphia court, accusing his parents of moving millions of dollars from his personal accounts into accounts they managed, according to the Associated Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The accounts were set up as limited liability companies, and Bohm claims his parents refused to give him access or information about them.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Bohm\u2019s lawsuit also alleges that his parents used money from The Alec Bohm Foundation to pay their own expenses. He is seeking at least $3 million in damages, control of the accounts and a full accounting of all transfers.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The accounts were created for various purposes, including investing in securities and buying real estate. Bohm says his parents told him they assigned themselves a 10% stake for administrative reasons, but that he was the true owner of the assets.<\/p>\n<p> Both sides respond to the allegations <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The other side:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Bohm\u2019s parents, Daniel and Lisa Bohm, deny any wrongdoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Through their lawyer, Robert Eckard, they said, &#8220;Mr. and Mrs. Bohm love their son very much and have always acted in his best interests, both personally and professionally, and still do so to this day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Eckard also said Bohm has had full access to the accounts and that his parents are paying his expenses on their personal credit cards. They plan to &#8220;aggressively defend themselves&#8221; against the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">After the Phillies\u2019 season opener Thursday, Bohm declined to comment on the lawsuit, telling reporters, &#8220;I\u2019m not going to address any personal matters right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Bohm, 29, has a $10.2 million contract with the Phillies for the 2026 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The lawsuit states his parents live in a recreational vehicle and travel the country.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">It is not clear how much money remains in the disputed accounts or when the case will be resolved in court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Details about the specific transactions and the outcome of any investigation into the foundation\u2019s funds have not been released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/mlb\/philadelphia-phillies\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/sports\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA &#8211; MARCH 26: Alec Bohm #28 of the Philadelphia Phillies celebrates after hitting a three-run&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2397],"tags":[5,4,169,144,25,4216,40,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-648431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-phillies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","13":"tag-philadelphiaphillies","14":"tag-phillies","15":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116306449356768671","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}