Shaquille O’Neal rocked FTX and Astral NFT jerseys during the NBA game

Ex-basketball star Shaquille O’Neal has had another run-in with process servers, who have been trying for months to file a class action lawsuit against him over his alleged promotion of FTX.

This time, however, a new lawsuit has been added to the mix, one that also claims he founded and promoted a Solana-based non-fungible token project called Astrals, which the lawsuit claims were “unregistered securities.”

On May 23, process servers were able to reach O’Neal at the ex-FTX Arena — now renamed the Kaseya Center — during a playoff basketball game he was commentating, according to a statement sent to Cointelegraph from Adam Moskowitz, an attorney who helped with both lawsuits .

Moskowitz said O’Neal was served with both the FTX class action along with a new separate class action regarding his alleged promotion of the Astrals project.

Earlier, O’Neal claimed in court that process servers for the FTX suit “threw” the papers in front of his moving car and he left them on the road. His lawyers argued that such service of the lawsuit was “inadequate.”

Under federal rules, a lawsuit is deemed served only through “following state law for service of a summons.” The case previously served on O’Neal was in the state of Georgia and was not “made by an authorized person,” his attorneys argued.

For the recent suit service, Moskowitz claimed the process server bought tickets to the May 23 Eastern Conference finals at the arena where O’Neal was commentating.

The server was reportedly able to deliver the complaint. Moskowitz claimed that O’Neal later had the server ejected from the arena.

The FTX suit focuses on celebrities who are alleged to have supported the now-bankrupt exchange. O’Neal is named alongside basketball player Steph Curry, retired NFL player Tom Brady, comedian Larry David and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.

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O’Neal and Curry were apparently able to joke about the class action lawsuit on TV. Before the game, Curry was presented with an award and O’Neal spoke with the basketball star.

“Thanks for getting me in trouble,” O’Neal jokingly told a laughing Curry. “Don’t say anything, be quiet,” he added before a co-host quickly moved in to change the subject.

Shaq flings securities”twitter-tweet”>

I donate mine @Astrals_NFT the innumerable strength of the family i @riftersio world. Power for all, taken from none… This demigod’s will be done. pic.twitter.com/IItGwn8T91

— SHAQ (@SHAQ) 6 October 2022

The suit alleges that the NFTs were an “investment contract” under the Howey test, with the attorneys arguing that the purchasers were “in a joint enterprise” and had an “expectation of profit.”

O’Neal was the only defendant named in the complaint. The plaintiffs allege that they “invested” in Astrals and “suffered investment losses” due to O’Neal’s “conduct.”

The suit also questioned “whether he’s still involved with the Astrals project at all,” claiming that O’Neal hasn’t posted on the project’s Discord since January.

The plaintiffs seek various damages and financial relief related to their alleged losses by purchasing NFTs.

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Update (25 May 23:50 UTC): This article has been updated to include a statement from Adam Moskowitz.