The law firm representing victims affected by the FTX collapse has made a public appeal to NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal, asking him to show "courtesy and honor" by acknowledging their legal claim after several failed attempts.
In an April 14 tweet, the Moskowitz law firm revealed that its team has been standing outside the TNT studios in Atlanta all week, where O'Neal works as a TV host, to serve him on behalf of FTX investors. regarding his previous endorsement of the now-defunct crypto exchange.
“Your security guards will not let us in, just to hand-deliver our legal complaint,” it was added.
You've been running from us for 3 months and all the other celebrities on FTX have agreed to take your complaints. Please have the courtesy and honor to simply allow our process servers to file our lawsuit on your behalf tomorrow, so that you can defend your actions in this matter.
— The Moskowitz Law Firm (@moskowitzesq) April 14, 2023
It was emphasized that O'Neal is the only one among "FTX celebrities", referring to the class action lawsuit filed against several celebrities for endorsing FTX, including Tom Brady, Steph Curry and Larry Davidthat has not yet been addressed.
The law firm stated that O'Neal has been "on the run" from them "for 3 months" and should show courtesy and honor by allowing his process servers to serve the lawsuit on his behalf so that he can defend his "actions in this affair". .“
This comes after an April 7 court. presentation he stated that numerous attempts had been made in various places to serve O'Neal, but all have proved unsuccessful. The presentation said:
"Mr. O'Neal is the only remaining defendant in this matter who has not yet been served. Despite dozens of Plaintiffs of attempts in multiple states and countries to either effect service or have him (or a designated agent) accept service of process.”
According to court records, the Texas process server, Mr. Shaw, received a threatening message after making the "eighth most recent attempt" to serve O'Neal at his Texas residence.
The message mentioned Shaw's wife, Beth Shaw, saying, "Shaq lives in the Bahamas, stupid, give Beth Shaw my regards."
It was further stated that the plaintiffs believe it is "finally time" to start trying to contact O'Neal through other means, such as "direct messages to his verified social media accounts."
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This comes after it was reported on March 9 that US District Judge Kevin Moore is considering dismissing both O'Neal and tennis player Naomi Osaki from the lawsuit after noting it is unclear if the two had been notified.
A paperless order was meissued by Mooregiving FTX clients until December 2023 to justify why both stars should be included in the lawsuit.
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