American singer and actress Selena Gomez, her mother, Mandy Teefey, and former business partner Daniella Pierson have been sued by investors over their mental-health startup, Wondermind Global.
Wondermind SRS 44 LLC and Bespoke Wondermind SPV I LLC filed the lawsuit in a Delaware federal court, accusing the defendants of fraud and breach of contract.
The investors said they put nearly $1.2 million into Wondermind in 2022 after receiving assurances that the company had the leadership, resources and infrastructure required to build a profitable mental-health and wellness platform.
Wondermind Global was also named as a defendant. The legal claims include securities fraud, common-law fraud, breach of contract and other alleged violations connected to the investment.
The plaintiffs said Wondermind’s founders presented the business as a rapidly developing company supported by valuable partnerships, advertising agreements, celebrity content and a planned mobile application.
They alleged that those representations played a significant role in their decision to invest.
What Wondermind investors allege in the lawsuit
According to the complaint, investors were told that Gomez would be intimately involved in promoting and developing Wondermind as its head of marketing.
They claimed the singer’s international popularity, social-media reach and advertising relationships were presented as important assets that would help the company grow.
The lawsuit alleges that Gomez failed to perform the marketing role on which the investment proposal relied.
Pierson was allegedly introduced as a “$200 million executive” whose previous businesses generated about $40 million annually.
Investors also claimed they were told that she had secured institutional partnerships with JPMorgan and Fidelity.
The plaintiffs said those partnerships did not exist and that several proposed revenue-generating projects never became operational.
“The partnerships did not exist. The initiatives never materialised. The app was never built,” the complaint alleged.
The investors accused Wondermind’s founders and directors of failing to disclose the company’s deteriorating financial and operational condition for about three years.
They said they only became aware of the alleged problems after media investigations published in 2025 raised questions about Wondermind’s finances, management and internal leadership disputes.
The complaint also cited reports suggesting that Pierson left the company in 2023 following disagreements with Teefey. Investors claimed they were not properly informed about her departure or the leadership problems surrounding it.
When the investors later contacted Teefey, she allegedly accused Pierson of using company money for personal expenses.
Pierson has categorically denied the allegations. Her representative said she invested her own money in Wondermind, never received a salary and did not use investors’ funds for personal expenses.
The complaint further alleges that Teefey told an investor in April 2026 that his money had already been returned.
After he disputed that account, she allegedly referred him to Gomez’s legal team and later mentioned an escrow account purportedly connected to the repayment.
The plaintiffs claimed no such escrow account existed and that they did not receive their money.
Teefey has separately rejected allegations concerning substance abuse and financial mismanagement at Wondermind, describing them as false claims spread by disgruntled former employees.
Gomez had not publicly responded to the lawsuit at the time of reporting.
The investors have requested a jury trial and are seeking the cancellation of their investments, repayment of their money, damages, legal fees and other relief.
