By
Olivia Craighead,
a news writer for The Cut who covers pop culture and celebrity.
Previously, she wrote about pop culture and entertainment at Gawker.
Selena Gomez and her mother, Mandy Teefey, are being sued for fraud by investors in their mental-health start-up, Wondermind. According to a complaint filed in federal court in Delaware on Thursday, Gomez, Teefey, and their former business partner Daniella Pierson “falsely represented” the company to two groups who claim they invested almost $1.2 million in the company. The plaintiffs said they only became aware of problems at Wondermind following The Cut’s report last year. TMZ was first to report the lawsuit.
