Overview
- Owens, who went public on Instagram on Sunday, shared screenshots of receipts and a text exchange to accuse Heather Mesalam of stealing and said she no longer works for him.
- The images show Mesalam’s monthly fee listed as $1,500, which Owens says was raised from $1,300 without his approval, and he wrote that he discovered the change on October 3.
- He said he aired the dispute to protect his mental health and to counter what he calls a media double standard at ESPN.
- Mesalam has denied stealing in a reported response, though several outlets said she did not provide further comment when asked.
- Owens has retained trial attorney Paul Aloise, and outlets report no civil or criminal filings have been made public as the dispute revives his history of losses tied to advisors, including the Jeff Rubin scandal that hit dozens of NFL players from 2008 to 2011.