“He admitted that his friend Steph Curry called him, told him he could make millions of dollars, if he just served as a FTX brand ambassador and lied in a television commercial, that he was ‘all in’ with FTX, when he admitted that personally, he would not go near cryptocurrency,” Moskowitz claimed. Garrison’s lawyers, however, claimed that O’Neal was glad to promote the company while allegedly keeping his own finances away from it. “A lot of people think I’m involved, but I was just a paid spokesperson for a commercial,” O’Neal told CNBC. That same month, O’Neal tried to distance himself from the company, alleging that he was just a “paid spokesperson.”
On November 11, the crypto giant crashed and filed for bankruptcy, with its CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in December and charged by federal authorities, who allege he swindled investors and customers out of billions of dollars by commingling funds into Alameda, a hedge fund he controlled. Inside the epic crypto collapse of FTX-and how it hurts Tom Brady, Steph Curry and Joe Biden O’Neal continued to promote the company on Twitter, and in June, he appeared as an official FTX brand ambassador with the tagline: “I’m all in. FTX founder Samuel Bankman-Fried is facing federal fraud charges. O’Neal was among the biggest celebrities touting FTX’s services last year, with the former basketball star hosting a Super Bowl party at “Shaq’s Fun House” in Los Angeles as part of his partnership with the company. “Only one, however, has chosen to evade service, in order to draw out these proceedings, or to otherwise attempt to avoid answering for these allegations,” the lawyers wrote.Ī representative for O’Neal did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. The former NBA star has claimed he was only a “paid spokesperson” for FTX. In an email sent out to the defendants on Tuesday, Garrison’s attorneys called out O’Neal, writing: “We have spent great efforts (4 different service companies) trying to get you all served with our Complaint. “The irony is that the admitted facts against him are probably the worst against any of the FTX brand ambassadors.” Shaquille O’Neal has been accused of hiding to avoid getting served with a lawsuit against celebrities who endorsed FTX. “It is really astonishing the measures he has gone to avoid service of our complaint,” attorney Adam Moskowitz told Forbes. Garrison’s lawyers revealed that out of all the celebrities named in the suit, O’Neal was the sole person avoiding the lawyers and noted that the allegations against him were among the most damning. The former Los Angeles Lakers star was one of several high-profile celebrities - including Steph Curry, Tom Brady, Giselle Bündchen and Larry David - listed in the lawsuit filed by FTX retail investor Edwin Garrison, who claimed his crypto account went bankrupt after “being exposed to” the celebrity endorsements.
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NBA Hall of Famer and TV personality Shaquille O’Neal has been accused of avoiding being served a class-action lawsuit filed against celebrities who endorsed failed cryptocurrency giant FTX. Sam Bankman-Fried urges court to toss charges: ‘Rush to judgment’įBI searches home of top FTX executive Ryan Salame: report ‘Diary’ of Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex a key piece of evidence in FTX fraud case: report Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more details on the new Hitchhiker figure from NECA.Shaq hints at Steph Curry getting him in FTX ‘trouble’ during TNT interview
NECA recently revealed new images of their Hitchhiker figure on Twitter (see below) along with the character's memorable quote, "My family's always been in meat." As many horror fans know, the Hitchhiker was the first of the Sawyer clan to be encountered by Sally and her friends on the fateful day they piled into a van and drove to the old Hardesty family home, unaware of the horrors that awaited them in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.Īccording to The Toyark, the Hitchhiker figure will an 8-inch scale Mego-style collectible, similar to the style of NECA's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 figure of Nubbins, who appeared as a corpse in Hooper's ambitious 1986 sequel. Known as both the Hitchhiker (in his living form) and Nubbins (in his corpse form), Edwin Neal's character from Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a key fixture in the Leatherface franchise, and NECA is paying tribute to the relished role in an upcoming figure.
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