Disgruntled Jets linebacker Haason Reddick — who loses $800,000 for every game of his contract holdout — stiffed a business partner out of $1.6 million and allegedly sent goons to intimidate him, according to a lawsuit.
Reddick, 30, was traded from the Philadelphia Eagles to New York in March and has failed to show up for Gang Green since. If his holdout lasts through the season, Reddick — whose agent quit this week — stands to lose up to $21.75 million.
That’s $14.25 million in base salary, $4.5 million in fines and $3 million in bonus forfeiture, according to football insider reports.
Reddick and his family approached Micah Khan (above) “knowing
he had experience in the home health industry,” a lawsuit claims. Obtained by The New York PostThe heralded pass rusher is a deadbeat in business as well, according to a Cherry Hill, NJ man who claimed he helped Reddick rescue his flailing senior health care business in the City of Brotherly Love.
Reddick bought Haven Home Health Agency in 2018, but leaned on his dad, Raymond Matthews, and Matthews’ ex-wife Tia Wright, to run the business. By 2021 it was “failing,” Micah Khan contended in a lawsuit.
“Wright and Matthews had no experience operating a home health agency and as a result the business was operating at a loss with zero patients,” Khan said in court papers.
Reddick and his family approached Khan “knowing he had experience in the home health industry and requested he take a lead role in the marketing and business development for Haven,” Khan said in legal papers.
The agreement with Khan’s Kingdom Health Services allegedly specified that if Reddick sold the company, he would give the new partner half of the sale proceeds.
While Reddick “devoted little to no time to building Haven, and instead was pursuing a prosperous career in the NFL,” Khan “made making Haven a successful company his primary goal, working full-time on Haven’s behalf,” he said in the litigation.
If his holdout lasts through the season, Reddick — whose agent quit this week — stands to lose up to $21.75 million. Getty ImagesKhan’s magic touch transformed the floundering business into “a very successful company, with a fully trained staff and large revenue stream,” he said.
After three years, “Kingdom’s efforts paid off” when Haven agreed to sell the company in April to MNH Pa. Home Care Acquisitions for $3.25 million, the court docs stated.
But when Khan asked for his share of the proceeds during a post-sale confab, he was allegedly physically threatened by Matthews “purportedly at the behest of Mr. Reddick,” the suit says.
“Mr. Matthews brought over more than a dozen black-gloved men to a business meeting, claiming they were ‘Haason’s personal security,’” Khan said in court papers. “It was at this post-sale meeting that Mr. Matthews made it clear [they] intended to breach their payment obligations to Kingdom.”
While Reddick “devoted little to no time to building Haven, and instead was pursuing a prosperous career in the NFL,” Khan “made making Haven a successful company his primary goal, working full-time on Haven’s behalf,” he said in the litigation. Getty ImagesReddick’s “accolades as a professional athlete” in Philadelphia “do not excuse him from his contractual obligations,” Khan’s lawyer, Ross Wolfe, told The Post, adding, “the work performed for Haven Home Health Agency is how Mr. Khan supports his family.”
Reddick’s lawyer Edward C. Robson called the suit a “run-of-the-mill commercial dispute” and said the sale of the health agency “has not happened.”
“The plaintiff here apparently thinks it can inflate the value of its legal claim by naming an NFL superstar as a defendant,” he added. “The legal claims in this lawsuit against Mr. Reddick and the other defendants are on as shaky ground as a quarterback dropping back in the pocket when Mr. Reddick is on the field.”
The Jets did not return messages.
