Mark Cuban has taken his increasingly public dispute with Dallas Mavericks majority owner Patrick Dumont to court, accusing his business partner of shutting him out of the team’s plans for a new arena and other lucrative development opportunities.
A new court filing alleges Dumont engaged in “adversarial business practices” and asks a Dallas County judge to force the Mavericks’ ownership to disclose details about its planned Valley View arena development, financing and corporate structure.
Cuban believes he still has a right to be involved in the Mavericks’ business opportunities, despite selling his majority stake in the team to Miriam Adelson and Dumont, her son-in-law, the filing shows.
The billionaire businessman filed a petition in Dallas County this week to review the contract to buy the former Valley View mall site to build a new basketball arena. Cuban also requests details on how the arena project will be financed and to see the corporate structure behind the team’s real estate deal.