FILE - Entrepreneur Kathy Ireland attends the Saban Community Clinic's 50th Anniversary Dinner Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Nov. 13, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Greg Doherty/Getty Images)
Kathy Ireland accused her former team of fumbling her multimillion-dollar fortune, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
The "Sports Illustrated" cover girl claimed her former business managers betrayed her trust "on a staggering and unconscionable scale" and allegedly stole millions from Ireland and her family.
Ireland's attorney, Jill Basinger, exclusively told Fox News Digital that Kathy's faith hasn't wavered since she discovered the alleged deception from within her inner circle.
"Kathy's a strong person of faith and her trust in God has really helped her and (her husband) Greg (Olsen) navigate the betrayal and the broken trust, and given her hope for the future," Basinger said.
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Basinger, Head of Media, Entertainment and Sports for Stris & Maher LLP., added that Ireland's "faith in God is stronger than anything else."
"There's no betrayal that any human being can commit that would shake her foundation," she continued. "But that being said, people can't behave like this. And just as a matter of human decency. It's not right to treat someone like this. Kathy and Greg put all their trust in these folks. Their reward was to be cheated."
In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in a Santa Barbara court, Ireland, 62 – who Forbes once estimated to be worth $420 million through her self-titled brand – claimed her family was targeted by Jason Winters and Erik Sterling, who were allegedly at the helm of a deceptive managing scheme.
Kathy Ireland was reportedly worth over $400 million. (Harry Langdon/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to the defendants for comment.
"More than three decades ago, at just twenty-six years old, supermodel Kathy Ireland placed her faith — financial, professional, and personal — in two Hollywood insiders, who promised to ‘take care of everything’ for her," the suit stated. "Kathy believed (and still does) in values and loyalty.
"At that young age, Kathy was building her career. She was newly married, planning to start a family. She believed in hard work. She believed in doing business with integrity. And, she believed in them, based on their promises to her. Tragically, that belief was misplaced. They were deceiving her, all along."
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Ireland claimed Winters and Sterling told her "she was extraordinarily wealthy" and that the family would "never need to worry."
Instead, the model claimed her former team "failed to create wealth and make investments" as promised for their family, leaving Ireland and husband Greg Olsen in extreme debt and forced to sell their family home.
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It was when the couple attempted to loan money to their son for a down payment on a home when they realized that they had no funds and the defendants used their money, according to documents.
"Kathy and Greg now know there are no substantial retirement accounts," the lawsuit claimed. "There are no prudently managed investments securing their future, as promised. There is no wealth securing their retirement and their children’s futures, as they were lead to believe.
"Instead, in the wake of Defendants misconduct, there was staggering debt, misused credit, secret loans, and missing funds."
She believes that "the Defendants are liable to Plaintiffs for damages in the tens of millions of dollars, if not exceeding $100 million, subject to proof at trial," documents stated. "Defendants continue to withhold the funds they took from and owe to Plaintiffs."
Winters seemingly alluded to a business fallout on social media in October in a post titled, "Why Does a Real ‘Relationship’ Fail In Business? Because It Wasn't Real," though he did not name Ireland.
"It simply wasn't true. The ‘I will love you forever’ act went on for decades, as we sipped Jim Jones-flavored Kool Aid," Winters shared in a lengthy post. "Last year, a partnership and company our team built for decades (and still owns), sputtered and stalled abruptly, creating chaos.
"We should have seen the signs. We did not. We were deceived. It's easy to be deceived by people you trust. Especially, when decades of faith, success and love appear wrapped in a faux-relationship older than my grandchildren. The usual hyperbole flew to our doors via legal letters."
Winters noted last year that he was "staying patient" while seeking a peaceful resolution, but was still shocked to see "that ‘partners’ falsely believe past behavior would bring enough embarrassment to force a resolve."
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The model, Olsen, and her mother, Barbara Ireland, included four former Kathy Ireland Worldwide employees in the lawsuit.