Darren McFadden Files $15 Million Lawsuit Against Financial Planner

Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a former business manager, per ESPN.com.

McFadden, 28, filed the $15 million suit in federal court in Little Rock, Arkansas, against Michael Vick (not the former NFL quarterback). According to the ESPN.com report, Vick allegedly "misappropriated and mishandled money throughout his NFL career, including $3 million lost in a bitcoin business venture."

McFadden also filed the lawsuit against 10 other people who were referred to as "Doe." 

McFadden signed a six-year, $60 million deal with the Oakland Raiders after they drafted him fourth overall in 2008. According to Spotrac, he signed a two-year, $3 million contract with the Dallas Cowboys before the 2015 campaign.

McFadden discussed what happened in his relationship with Vick, per Brandon George of the Dallas Morning News: “It's just one of those deals with me as a young guy I wasn't on top of my finances like I should have been and I trusted somebody to take care of everything for me and I don't feel like at the time he had my best interest.”

According to the ESPN.com report, Vick garnered the power of attorney with “fraudulent documents” and covered his actions with “fabricated fictitious financial records.”

McFadden reportedly realized what was happening when Vick tried to sell him a building that was bought with the running back’s funds.

McFadden played from 2008 to 2014 with the Raiders and had only one season with more than 707 rushing yards (1,157 in 2010). However, he turned in a bounce-back season in 2015 for Dallas with 1,089 rushing yards and 328 receiving yards behind a strong offensive line that Football Outsiders ranked as the sixth-best run-blocking unit in the league last year.