Bloomberg Law
May 9, 2023, 6:47 PM UTC

Shaq Rejects FTX Fraud Suit Over Summons ‘Tossed’ at His Car (1)

Peter Blumberg
Peter Blumberg
Bloomberg News

<-bsp-person state="{"_id":"00000188-01da-d2ff-a9ca-fffb5de50000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Shaquille O’Neal is calling foul on the lawyers who chased him for months to serve a <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"RLILO6T0G1KW","_id":"00000188-01da-d2ff-a9ca-fffb5de50001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">lawsuit accusing the basketball legend of duping investors in FTX crypto exchange.

A legal document “tossed” at the front of O’Neal’s car as he drove quickly through the gates of his Georgia home doesn’t count as properly serving a lawsuit, his attorneys say.

The seven foot-one inch former Los Angeles Lakers star and NBA commentator known as Shaq is among numerous celebrities targeted in a suit claiming they funneled investors into a Ponzi scheme by promoting FTX’s unregistered securities.

O’Neal stood as a holdout ...

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