Ex-Denver Nuggets player, attorney settle malpractice lawsuit
NBA player Chris “Birdman” Andersen, then of the Miami Heat, looks on before taking on the San Antonio Spurs on June 6, 2013, in Miami. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Former NBA player Chris “Birdman” Andersen has settled a legal malpractice lawsuit with his attorney, whom Andersen claimed failed to protect his intellectual property and ruined his in-laws’ creperie business.
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According to a joint notice of settlement filed Tuesday in Colorado state court, Andersen and lawyer Mark L. Byant reached a settlement during mediation Monday and asked the court to vacate deadlines in the case which had a trial scheduled for Dec. 7. Terms were not disclosed.
The former player for the Denver Nuggets sued Bryant in 2024 for allegedly misappropriating his funds; allegedly failing to resolve his liability; and allegedly providing family members with negligent advice, along with the intellectual property claims.
Andersen claims that in 2022, former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal’s production company Jersey Legends in collaboration with another production company wanted to produce a documentary about Andersen’s life and career, including his victimization in a catfishing scheme. But without Andersen’s knowledge, Bryant signed a collaboration agreement almost identical to a draft that Andersen found unacceptable, according to the complaint, “forever” restricting Andersen’s ability to participate in other projects related to his life story and the scheme.
Andersen said he has “received zero compensation as a result of the project” that Netflix agreed to distribute.
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