Racists Giddy Over Shaq Getting Served w/Suit During NBA Game [if He Can be Sued for Being a Paid Spokesperson for FTX, Can Reporters/Celebs [disinfoTainers] be Sued for Promoting Deadly COVID Shots?]
From [HERE] Lawyers for FTX investors said they finally served Shaquille O’Neal—again.
Process servers pursued the NBA legend for months as part of a lawsuit targeting the failed cryptocurrency exchange and celebrities who appeared in its ads. The other celebrity defendants didn’t contest their service of process, but O’Neal did.
Process servers had tried to reach him at his homes and studio, and at one point tossed legal papers at his SUV. On Tuesday night, they got him in Miami at the Kaseya Center during Game 4 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals, according to Adam Moskowitz, a lawyer representing the FTX investors.
He was served the FTX complaint and a separate crypto-related lawsuit, Moskowitz said. O’Neal was at the venue, formerly known as FTX Arena, commentating for TNT.
The plaintiffs in the FTX case said they had previously served O’Neal outside his home in Georgia in April, but O’Neal had disputed that in court.
Moskowitz said the process server bought a ticket to the Tuesday game between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics. O’Neal was commentating on the game from a platform in the arena.
The process server approached O’Neal while he was on the platform and served him, Moskowitz said. O’Neal later had the process server thrown out of the arena, Moskowitz said.
O’Neal was one of several celebrities who appeared in FTX ads who were sued after the crypto exchange collapse. Moskowitz said O’Neal went out of his way to duck being served, which O’Neal has denied in court papers.
In an interview with CNBC in December, O’Neal distanced himself from FTX. “A lot of people think I’m involved, but I was just a paid spokesperson for a commercial,” he said. [MORE]