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 unsuccessful attempts.
In an April 14 tweet, The Moskowitz Law Firm revealed that its team has been standing outside TNT’s Atlanta studios all week – where O’Neal is employed as a television host – to notify him on behalf of FTX investors regarding his past endorsement. of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange.
“Their security guards won’t let us in, to hand-deliver our legal complaint,” it was added.
You’ve been running from us for 3 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 Moskowitz Law Firm (@moskowitzesq) April 14, 2023
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.
It was stressed that O’Neal is unique among “FTX celebrities,” which was referring to the class action lawsuit filed against several celebrities for endorsing FTX, including Tom Brady, Steph Curry, and Larry David, which has yet to be notified.
The law firm stated that O’Neal has been “on the run” from them “for 3 months” and that he 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 brief stated that numerous attempts had been made in various places to notify O’Neal, but all have been unsuccessful. The letter stated:
“Mr. O’Neal is the only remaining defendant in this matter who has not yet been served. Despite dozens of attempts by Plaintiffs in various states and countries to either effect service upon him or have him ( or a designated agent) accept service of process”.
According to court records, Mr. Shaw, the Texas notification clerk, 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, and read: “shaq lives in the bahamas you stupid f*** give beth shaw my regards.”
Besides, it was stated that the plaintiffs believe that “the time has finally come” to start trying to contact O’Neal through other means, such as “direct messages to his verified social media accounts.”
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 whether both had been notified.
Moore issued an order giving FTX clients until December 2023 to justify why both stars should be included in the lawsuit.
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