沙奎尔·奥尼尔（Shaquille O'Neal）同意支付180万美元来解决索赔，他通过促进FTX误导了投资者

这位退休的NBA超级巨星曾敦促粉丝信任该平台，他将在不承认不当行为的情况下解决这些指控。

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.

沙奎尔·奥尼尔（Shaquille O'Neal）已同意支付180万美元，以解决他通过促进现已破产的加密货币FTX误导投资者的主张。

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.

这位退休的NBA超级巨星曾敦促粉丝“信任”平台，他将在不承认不当行为的情况下解决这些指控。但是，这项由佛罗里达联邦法院周三批准的交易标志着法定估计FTX崩溃的最早备受瞩目的定居点之一。

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.

拟议的和解将解决一项集体诉讼，该诉讼指责奥尼尔在现场活动，社交媒体内容和其他途径中提出FTX作为一种值得信赖和合法的投资工具，并帮助推动未注册的证券采用。

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

该课程包括在2019年5月至2022年底之间将钱存入FTX或持有其专有代币的任何人。

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.

如果监督法官批准了这笔交易，奥尼尔的180万美元支出将支付所有律师费，通知和管理费用以及向合格投资者支付的费用。该安排还包括未来责任的全面发布，以及一项规定，禁止他寻求FTX破产遗产的报销。

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

简而言之，他写作的支票是最终的，并且包含全包。

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

奥尼尔（O'Neal）的律师在一份声明中说：“我们很高兴将此事置于我们的身后。”

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.

与其他名人被告和前FTX代言人（包括汤姆·布雷迪（Tom Brady），吉赛尔·邦奇（GiseleBündchen）和斯蒂芬·库里（Steph Curry））不同，他们的案件在很大程度上被驳回了，在漫长的努力为他服务法律文件之后，奥尼尔仍然纠缠在一起。

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

今年早些时候，Front Office Sports报道说，O'Neal已达成1500万美元的合同，以与TNT的“ NBA内部”保持一致。

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

奥尼尔（O'Neal）在2022年告诉CNBC，关于FTX，“我只是商业广告的付费发言人。”

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.

奥尼尔（O'Neal）在集体诉讼中被任命，该诉讼指控FTX的发言人“受到控制，晋升，协助[或]积极参与的参与”，以“积极地推销”该公司。

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

在对CNBC的较早采访中，奥尼尔说，他正在积极避免加密货币。

“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.”

他说：“我不明白，所以我可能会远离它，直到我对它的含义有充分的理解为止，”他当时说：“根据我的经验，真是太好了。”