Selena Gomez and her mother, Mandy Teefey, are facing a lawsuit from investors who allege they were misled into putting nearly $1.2 million into Wondermind, the mental-health startup the pair helped launch. The complaint, filed in federal court in Delaware, accuses Gomez, Teefey and former co-founder Daniella Pierson of portraying the company as having the leadership, infrastructure, and business opportunities needed to become a successful mental-health platform.
The investors say the reality was starkly different. They allege Gomez was supposed to play an active role in building the business through her celebrity profile, marketing reach, and commercial partnerships, while Wondermind was presented as already having a slate of revenue-generating initiatives. Instead, they claim, the promised partnerships did not materialise, an app was never built, and the company deteriorated financially without investors being properly informed.
