A law firm representing victims affected by FTX's collapse has made a public plea to NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal to show "courtesy and honor" that he admit to his legal complaint after multiple failed attempts.
In an April 14 tweet, the Moskowitz law firm revealed that its team had been standing outside the TNT studios in Atlanta all week where O'Neill was a TV host representing FTX investors in his previous support for Now Serve him - non-existent cryptocurrency exchange. "Your security will not let us in, just file our legal complaint," it added.
Emphasize that O'Neal is the only one among the "FTX Celebrities," a reference to the class-action lawsuits filed against several celebrities for their FTX endorsements, including Tom Brady, Steph Curry and Larry David, but have yet to be served. The law firm said O'Neill had "run away" from them for "3 months" and should have shown the courtesy and honor of allowing its process server to file a legal complaint on his behalf so he could defend himself "in this matter."
It follows a court filing dated April 7 that multiple attempts to serve O'Neill at various locations were unsuccessful. The document says: "Mr. O'Neill is the only defendant in this matter who has not yet been served. Despite dozens of attempts by plaintiff in multiple states and countries to either serve him or have him (or an appointed agent) accept Subpoena delivered."
Shaw, a Texas server, received a threatening message after his "recent eighth attempt" to serve O'Neill at his Texas residence, according to court documents. The message referred to Shaw's wife, Beth Shaw, who said: "Shaq lives in the Bahamas you fucking stupid send my regards to Beth Shaw." It further states that the plaintiff believes it is time "finally" to start trying to contact O'Neill in other ways, such as "directly messaging his verified social media accounts." It was previously reported that U.S. District Judge Kevin Moore was considering firing O'Neill and tennis player Naomi Osaki from the lawsuit on March 9, as it was unclear whether the pair had been served.
Moore issued a paperless order, giving FTX clients until December 2023 to provide reasons why both stars should be included in the lawsuit.
