Wayne Gretzky is dropping the gloves.
During his on-ice career, the Great One rarely engaged in any sort of rough stuff, letting his teammates do the dirty work.
Now, he’s letting his lawyers do the same in the midst of a legal battle involving a former business partner in a weight-loss gum product.
The NHL’s all-time leader in goals (for now, as Alex Ovechkin closes in on surpassing his 894 tally) and points is suing Veera Mahajan, whom Gretzky claims filed a meritless lawsuit against him in 2022 while trying to score a quick payday, according to TMZ.
In Mahajan’s 2022 lawsuit, she claimed she invested in OMG, a weight-loss gum product to help combat overeating, after the hockey legend gave a testimonial that the product helped him lose 35 pounds.
Gretzky’s wife, former actress Janet Jones, also was a spokesperson for the company.
Mahajan accused Gretzky of admitting that he lied about the weight loss and that it caused the business to struggle, suing him for fraud and seeking unspecified damages.
However, last year Mahajan filed to dismiss the case after Gretzky fought it.
The hockey hall of famer denied lying about the weight loss and claimed Mahajan only filed the suit because she thought Gretzky would quickly settle “for millions in order to avoid potential negative publicity,” according to the report.
Now, Gretzky is suing her for malicious prosecution and seeking unspecified damages in his lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County last week.
This isn’t the first legal headache that OMG – an abbreviation for Overeating Management Gum – has caused Gretzky.
While Mahajan dropped her original suit, the company’s founder, Steven Sparks also filed a suit against Gretzky. Sparks made similar allegations to Mahajan days before she filed her complaint and his lawsuit remains ongoing.
Gretzky, who currently serves as an NHL analyst for TNT, has been in the news recently for his ties to U.S. President Donald Trump.
The hockey icon has upset fans and many Canadians with his refusal to rebuke Trump’s actions against the Great White North.
Trump, who is friends with Gretzky and his family, has repeatedly made references to making the Great One the “governor” of Canada after turning the country into the “51st” U.S. state.
Gretzky has been spotted golfing with Trump on several occasions and attended the president’s election night party at Mar-A-Lago last year and his inauguration in January.
He has yet to comment on his relationship with Trump or the president’s policies towards his home country.