The MLB’s Opening Day was Thursday, and former Wichita State baseball player Alec Bohm is already making national headlines.
Bohm, who now plays for the Philadelphia Phillies, hit 1-3 with three RBIs in their season-opening win. But the 29-year-old third baseman has more to deal with than reaching another Fall Classic.
According to multiple sources, Bohm is suing his parents for upward of $3 million over alleged misuse of funds. He accused his parents of “siphoning large amounts of his money into financial accounts they managed for him and then using some of the cash to pay their own expenses,” the Associated Press reported Thursday.
Along with the $3 million in damages, the AP reported that Bohm is seeking that his parents “hand over control of the accounts and hire an accountant to track every dollar they transferred from Bohm’s personal accounts to the accounts they controlled.”
Robert Eckard, Bohm’s parents’ lawyer, said in a statement that “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.”
Bohm declined to comment to reporters on the matter after the Phillies’ 5-3 win over the Texas Rangers, saying he doesn’t want to “address any personal matters right now,” according to the AP.
Bohm hit .317 over three seasons at Wichita State and was the third-overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft. He quickly made the Phillies’ big-league roster and has been an everyday starter since 2020.
But for now, Bohm must handle the personal legal battle off the playing field and, at the same time, help Philadelphia reach its second World Series in five seasons.
