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[^1]\n\nPro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith and his business partner David Mosley were sued by Kituwah, LLC for $2.5 million in a Delaware court. [^2]\n\nKituwah LLC claimed in the lawsuit that 4 13 Solutions, Smith's company, used the $2.5 million to repay an investor from previous dealings with Smith's company rather than funding the wind farm. [^3]\n\nKituwah said it delivered the funds on Sept. 1, 2023, expecting repayment within months, and the lawsuit said 4 13 Solutions promised the wind farm would be operational by December 2024, but Kituwah had seen no evidence the project existed a month before that date. [^4]\n\nKituwah's attorneys said Smith and his longtime business partner David Mosley misrepresented their efforts to secure a U.S. Department of Energy loan that would have triggered repayment to Kituwah. [^5]\n\nKituwah claims it has not been repaid a single cent of the $2.5 million loan and is seeking the full amount plus interest and court costs. [^6]\n\nKituwah claims Smith and Mosley misdirected the loan proceeds to pay off Wilson Holdings, a company run by Darrel Wilson, rather than using the funds for the solar farm. [^7]\n\nThe lawsuit alleges that Smith, as chairman of 4 13 Solutions, obtained a $2.5 million loan from Kituwah in 2023 intended for Project Exodus, a proposed solar farm in Texas. 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