Overview

• Shelby County Chancery Court entered an order this week enforcing an arbitration award after The Wing Guru failed to pay or contest it by the late November 2024 deadline.
• An arbitrator had directed the restaurant to stop using Morant’s name, image, and likeness and to pay $300,000 in compensation and damages plus interest.
• The award also included roughly $65,000 in interest and legal costs, putting the total in the mid–six-figure range reported at approximately $365,000.
• Court filings note that Morant’s counsel, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, and the Tennessee Secretary of State attempted for months to serve the business without success.
• Morant’s attorney says the restaurant once promised on Instagram to send $75,000 it acknowledged owing, but no payment was received, and the owner faces separate indictments for tax fraud and theft.