Shaquille O’Neal.Photo: Prince Williams/Wireimage
Plaintiffs have servedShaquille O’Nealafter months of chasing down the former NBA star, the law office representing investors in a class-action lawsuit against the bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency company tell PEOPLE.
Attorney Adam Moskowitz’s office tells PEOPLE plaintiffs were able to serve O’Neal, 51, on Sunday afternoon outside his house. In a statement, Moskowitz claims theInside the NBAhost “has been hiding and driving away from our process servers for the past three months,” calling O’Neal’s alleged actions a “silly sideshow.”
Representatives for O’Neal did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Shaquille O’Neal.Ethan Miller/Getty
“A lot of people think I’m involved, but I was just a paid spokesperson for a commercial,” O’NealtoldCNBC in December.
Moskowitz’s office has called the now-defunct FTX company a “fraud” on social media and,accordingto CNN, “a massive Ponzi scheme” that used celebrities to recruit investors.
In recent statements and social media posts, the law office has claimed O’Neal had refused to answer the door at his house and that security guards posted outside TNT’s studio in Atlanta refused to let them in to serve the basketball hall of famer his legal notice.
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Forbesreportedlast month that Moskowitz’s office said it has used four different servicing companies to try and deliver the notice to O’Neal in recent months.
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Federal prosecutors have alleged that FTX used billions of dollars of investors' money for personal use, calling it “one of the biggest financial frauds in American history.”
Sam Bankman-Fried, the company’s founder, was arrested in December.
source: people.com
