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NHL Legend Mark Messier’s $500,000 Weed Deal Gone Bad

06 April 2016: Former Edmonton Oiler Mark Messier #11 enters the final ceremony celebrations closing out the final game at Rexall Place. The Farewell Rexall ceremony took place after the Vancouver Canucks game versus the Edmonton Oilers at the last ever NHL hockey game at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Curtis Comeau/Icon Sportswire)

Former Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers star Mark Messier made a bad investment, and now he wants someone else to pay. Messier is opening a lawsuit against Ed Moroz, the CEO of the Canada marijuana company Destiny Bioscience. The suit is for half a million dollars.

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Messier says that Moroz told him that Destiny Bioscience was a “sure thing” but it, in fact was far from it. Messier lost his full investment, and he wants it back.

Destiny is now in an incredible $42 Million of debt, so I’m not sure how they would compensate Mark Messier for his claims, but he’s willing to try build his case.

I’m no legal expert, but this seems like a dead-end lawsuit to me. Messier made a large investment, and it failed miserably. Nobody to blame but yourself here, Mark. It’s kind of crazy, too, because marijuana stock has been skyrocketing all around the world over the past year after it has been legalized in many different places.

I guess Mark Messier just invested in the wrong company. He’s a high-profile guy, I’m sure he can find a way to make some of that money back.


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