Muscle bound and bound for court

LaRon Landry, a defensive back, has been in the National Football League since 2007. But he has known trouble. Last year, he was suspended four games for violating league rules against performance enhancing drugs. In February of this year, he was arrested on drug possession charges — testosterone and cardio-steroids, according to media reports. The Indianapolis Colts quickly released him. In 2013, he had signed a $24 million contract, with $14 million guaranteed.

Despite Landry's apparent affluence, San Diego–based God Made LLC, doing business as Champion Motoring, is having great difficulty getting Landry to pay for a $455,000 Ferrari. Landry traded in a $100,000 vehicle and agreed to pay $355,000 in four monthly payments. "To date, he has only paid a total of $45,000," according to a suit filed against him in federal court on November 5.

Landry is "a millionaire many times over," says the suit, with "a pattern of dishonesty, broken promises, and fraud."

A company named European Collections is predecessor in interest to God Made LLC, according to the suit. The sale to Landry was made by Roman Bahador, an agent for European Collections. The lawyer on the case, Steve Lucero, said "No comment" when I asked him who owns God Made LLC.

Bahador was sentenced to home detention late last year. He had sold an auto to a government agent posing as a drug dealer who wanted to evade money-laundering laws when paying for the auto. Bahador did so. Later, he pleaded guilty to conspiring to structure a financial transaction to evade anti-money laundering laws.

Now the successor company is trying to collect from Landry. Several times, a God Made representative has tried unsuccessfully to get money out of Landry. Landry "is a huge pain in the ass to serve," says Lucero. "I haven't served him yet. He is a scumbag. Dealing with him has been horrible."