NBA Hall of Fame center Shaquille O’Neal is the latest celebrity to be engulfed in the massive FTX cryptocurrency scandal.
Lawyers from the Moskowitz Law Firm made the announcement Monday that they had successfully served Shaq in the class action lawsuit.
“Plaintiffs in the billion $ FTX class action case just served @SHAQ outside his house. His home video cameras recorded our service and we made it very clear that he is not to destroy or erase any of these security tapes, because they must be preserved for our lawsuit,” the law firm said in a tweet.
FTX retail investor Edwin Garrison is suing the likes of O’Neal, Tom Brady, and Gisele Bündchen. Garrison alleges his crypto account “went bankrupt after the celebrities came out to endorse the crypto company,” according to Fox News.
Moskowitz Law Firm alleges Shaq evaded several attempts at being served papers.
“@SHAQ We represent thousands of FTX victims who lost their savings in the massive FTX fraud. We have been standing outside your TNT studios in Atlanta all week, but your security guards will not let us in, to just hand deliver our legal complaint,” the firm tweeted.
“You have been running from us for months & all other FTX celebrities have agreed to receive their complaints. Please have the courtesy & honor to simply allow our process servers tomorrow to deliver our legal complaint on your behalf, so you can defend your actions in this matter.”
The sports world was quick to react to the horrible allegations:
According to a court filing, this is @SHAQ speeding away from a process server and the complaint, which was thrown at the car, lying in the road. FTX account holders suing celebrity endorsers have been for months trying to serve Shaq. The filing claims the summons was executed pic.twitter.com/qXAofUyz6V
— Daniel Kaplan (@KaplanSportsBiz) April 18, 2023
https://twitter.com/savvypelumi/status/1648149571246215172
I didn't expect Shaq to be a snake oil salesman – stick to The General and Magenta! Don't ruin your legacy Bro.#ShaquilleONeal #shaq #FTX #Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/o7GIog1JI7
— Eddie Thomas (@eddie_tee) April 18, 2023
Yo @SHAQ I know a good lawyer you need to hit up to clear your name from the #FTX lawsuit. DM @itsSaulGoodman
— TGX (@TearGod927) April 18, 2023
Shaq was finally served with a summons and complaint in the billion dollar FTX influencer class action lawsuit. It's kind of impressive that he managed to evade service or process for 5 months but that's another post for another time.
In any case, for those of you who have… pic.twitter.com/HzSnaaXewa
— Mitch Jackson (@mitchjackson) April 17, 2023
[Fox News]
