Basketball legend and businessman Shaquille O’Neal The legal documents were served on Sunday FTX lawsuit, reportedly after months of dodging paperwork. The lawsuit is targeting the FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried And the company’s celebrity endorsements to defraud investors.
Adam Moskowitz, co-counsel For investors and a partner at the Moskowitz law firm on the FTX class action suit, Shaq “has been hiding and walking away from our process servers for the last three months,” he said. Per SynDesk.
“Plaintiffs in billion $ FTX class action case just served @SHAQ out of his house,” Moskowitz Law Firm Tweeted. “His home video camera recorded our service and we made it very clear that he was not to destroy or erase any of these security tapes, as they must be preserved for our lawsuit.”
Prior to Sunday evening’s update, Moskowitz Law Firm Tweeted On April 13th at Shaq stated that “all other FTX celebrities have agreed to receive their complaints,” and called on the NBA Hall of Famer to have the “courtesy and respect” to let lawyers deliver the papers.
You have been running from us for months and all the other FTX celebrities have agreed to take their complaints. Please have the courtesy and honor to allow our process servers to deliver our legal complaint on your behalf tomorrow, so that you can defend your actions in this matter.
— Moskowitz Law Firm (@moskowitzesq) April 14, 2023
FTX class action lawsuit claims Bankman-Fried And other public figures defrauded investors by promoting cryptocurrencies in what was ultimately a “Ponzi scheme.” Court documents. Other celebrities embroiled in the lawsuit are Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Stephen Curry and Kevin O’Leary.
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“A lot of people think I’m involved, but I was just a paid spokesperson for a commercial,” O’Neal said. told CNBC In December.