沙奎爾·奧尼爾（Shaquille O'Neal）同意支付180萬美元來解決索賠，他通過促進FTX誤導了投資者

這位退休的NBA超級巨星曾敦促粉絲信任該平台，他將在不承認不當行為的情況下解決這些指控。

Shaquille O'Neal has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle claims that he misled investors by promoting the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX.

沙奎爾·奧尼爾（Shaquille O'Neal）已同意支付180萬美元，以解決他通過促進現已破產的加密貨幣FTX誤導投資者的主張。

The retired NBA superstar, who once urged fans to “trust” the platform, will resolve the allegations without admitting wrongdoing. But the deal, approved by Florida federal court on Wednesday, marks one of the first high-profile settlements in the legal reckoning over FTX’s collapse.

這位退休的NBA超級巨星曾敦促粉絲“信任”平台，他將在不承認不當行為的情況下解決這些指控。但是，這項由佛羅里達聯邦法院週三批准的交易標誌著法定估計FTX崩潰的最早備受矚目的定居點之一。

The proposed settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit that accused O’Neal of presenting FTX — in live events, social media content and other avenues — as a trustworthy and legitimate investment tool, and helping drive adoption of unregistered securities.

擬議的和解將解決一項集體訴訟，該訴訟指責奧尼爾在現場活動，社交媒體內容和其他途徑中提出FTX作為一種值得信賴和合法的投資工具，並幫助推動未註冊的證券採用。

The class includes anyone who deposited money into FTX or held its proprietary token, FTT, between May 2019 and late 2022.

該課程包括在2019年5月至2022年底之間將錢存入FTX或持有其專有代幣的任何人。

If the overseeing judge approves the deal, O’Neal’s $1.8 million payout will cover all legal fees, notice and administration costs and payouts to eligible investors. The arrangement also includes a sweeping release from future liability, and a provision barring him from seeking reimbursement from the FTX bankruptcy estate.

如果監督法官批准了這筆交易，奧尼爾的180萬美元支出將支付所有律師費，通知和管理費用以及向合格投資者支付的費用。該安排還包括未來責任的全面發布，以及一項規定，禁止他尋求FTX破產遺產的報銷。

In short, the check he’s writing is final — and all-inclusive.

簡而言之，他寫作的支票是最終的，並且包含全包。

“We are pleased to have this matter behind us,” counsel for O’Neal said in a statement.

奧尼爾（O'Neal）的律師在一份聲明中說：“我們很高興將此事置於我們的身後。”

Unlike other celebrity defendants and former FTX endorsers — including Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen and Steph Curry — whose cases were largely dismissed, O’Neal remained entangled after a lengthy effort to serve him legal papers.

與其他名人被告和前FTX代言人（包括湯姆·布雷迪（Tom Brady），吉賽爾·邦奇（GiseleBündchen）和斯蒂芬·庫裡（Steph Curry））不同，他們的案件在很大程度上被駁回了，在漫長的努力為他服務法律文件之後，奧尼爾仍然糾纏在一起。

Earlier this year, Front Office Sports reported that O’Neal had inked a $15 million deal to remain with TNT’s “Inside the NBA.”

今年早些時候，Front Office Sports報導說，O'Neal已達成1500萬美元的合同，以與TNT的“ NBA內部”保持一致。

O’Neal told CNBC in 2022 that, regarding FTX, “I was just a paid spokesperson for a commercial.”

奧尼爾（O'Neal）在2022年告訴CNBC，關於FTX，“我只是商業廣告的付費發言人。”

O’Neal was named in a class action lawsuit alleging that FTX’s spokespeople “either controlled, promoted, assisted in [or] actively participated” in a plot to “aggressively market” the company.

奧尼爾（O'Neal）在集體訴訟中被任命，該訴訟指控FTX的發言人“受到控制，晉升，協助[或]積極參與的參與”，以“積極地推銷”該公司。

In earlier interviews with CNBC Make It, O’Neal said he was actively avoiding cryptocurrency.

在對CNBC的較早採訪中，奧尼爾說，他正在積極避免加密貨幣。

“I don't understand it, so I will probably stay away from it until I get a full understanding of what it is,” he said at the time, adding: “From my experience, it is too good to be true.”

他說：“我不明白，所以我可能會遠離它，直到我對它的含義有充分的理解為止，”他當時說：“根據我的經驗，真是太好了。”