After suing his dad’s company for $12 million over alleged fraud, Baker Mayfield says he has reconciled with his family.
In 2024, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback sued his father’s company for alleged misappropriation of $12 million. Emily, Mayfield’s wife, and the couple’s company, Team BRM, were also named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Camwood Capital Management Group and its subsidiaries.
James W. Mayfield, Baker Mayfield’s father, founded and owns Camwood Capital Management. Baker’s brother brother, Matt, is also an owner and oversees investments in the company’s venture capital subsidiary, Camwood Ventures.
According to the lawsuit, Camwood Capital Management Group entered into an agreement with Baker and his wife in January 2024, but failed to meet its obligations. Those obligations included repaying roughly $11.7 million plus interest.
At the time, Mayfield said, “It’s something that Emily and I have been dealing with for a lot longer than people know.” He and his wife sought information about the money for years. According to the lawsuit, the money was “surreptitiously transferred” from his accounts beginning in 2018.
Baker Mayfield’s young daughter was an important reason for the reconciliation
This week, the 31-year-old quarterback revealed that he and his family reconciled when he and his wife traveled to Texas in April 2025 so their daughter Kova could meet her relatives.
“In the past few months, I’ve been reconnected with my family,” Mayfield told the Tampa Bay Times. “It’s been good. Also, for them to have two grandbabies, it’s tough. What’s in the past is in the past. Emily and I took (Kova) down right around her first birthday. … First time they met her, and you (could) tell it just melted them.
“You can’t put yourself on a pedestal and act like I haven’t made mistakes in my life. I had the ability to forgive and that was what I wanted to get across. But we’re here and the door is open. The past few months, we have made good progress and began reconnecting.”