Tristan Thompson became a top search result over the weekend, as the retired NBA champion filed a lawsuit against World Mobile Group over a botched $2 million endorsement deal.
Separately, he revealed on his ex-partner Khloe Kardashian’s podcast that she gave him an “ultimatum” to have a vasectomy.
Both incidents landed the former NBA player in both courtrooms and celebrity gossip columns, with coverage ranging from legal analysis of his filing in Delaware Chancery Court to summaries of his reproductive choices.
It’s a combination that shows just how integrated the 35-year-old has become into the world of technology and entertainment since retiring from professional basketball.
What is Thompson v. World Mobile?
Thompson signed a brand ambassador agreement with Global Mobile Groupa UK-based encrypted communications company, in May 2025.
According to Complaint submitted In Delaware Court of Chancery, the deal promised quarterly distributions of the company’s WMTX token, worth up to $1 million annually over two years, to Thompson.
In return, Thompson promoted World Mobile on social media, made public appearances and earned the title of chief digital equity officer.
The partnership was publicly launched at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, where Thompson and the company announced a community-owned mobile network called Uplift.
However, the relationship broke up in December 2025.
World Mobile reportedly informed Thompson that it had mistakenly transferred a larger number of tokens in its quarterly payment.
Thompson’s legal team says it has proposed a straightforward solution to the problem: adding the surplus to his next scheduled distribution, scheduled about 60 days later.
However, World Mobile rejected that offer, issued a formal notice of material breach and terminated the contract, three months after the fault was reported, in March 2026, according to complicated.
According to World Mobile, the reasons for the termination were Thompson’s failure to return excess tokens and his sale of certain WMTX properties.
Thompson’s complaint calls this justification manufactured. “Defendants’ alleged basis for termination does not constitute a material breach of the Agreement,” the filing states.
The three-count lawsuit includes breach of contract and unauthorized use of Thompson’s name, image and likeness. Thompson claims World Mobile continued to run promotional materials featuring him even after ties were cut. He is seeking unpaid damages, damages, interest, and a court order preventing his identity from being used again.
“Money damages alone are insufficient to address the continuing harm to Mr. Thompson’s reputation, good faith, and control over the commercial use of his identity,” the complaint states.
WMTX peaked near 98 cents in February 2022 and is now trading at less than 5 cents, a roughly 95% decline, according to CoinMarketCap data.
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On a completely separate track, Thompson appeared on the May 28 episode of Kardashian’s podcast, Khloe in Wonder Land, where the former couple discussed whether he wants more children.
Thompson told Kardashian that he “signed two embryos” and that any future children will come through her. “I already have enough mothers. I don’t want any more,” he said on the podcast.
Kardashian then took credit for the decision. “And who helped you fix that decision? It was me. Maybe Tristan got a little warning from me,” she said. LADbible.
Thompson has four children with three women: Prince, nine, with Jordan Craig; True, eight, and Tatum, two, with Kardashian; and Theo, four, with Maralee Nichols. The couple split in 2021 after multiple infidelity scandals became public.
Kardashian also revealed that they kept the sperm and embryos before the procedure, and that Thompson signed over the rights to his embryos to her.
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Both the lawsuit and podcast appearance reflect Thompson’s aggressive pivot to business and technology after 13 years in the NBA. He won a championship in 2016 with the Cleveland Cavaliers and has invested in it ever since Anthropic Artificial Intelligence Companytook advisory roles on the AxonDAO blockchain project, co-founded Basketball Fun (Web3 platform), and joined sports analytics company Tracy AI as chief content officer.
