A federal judge in Florida, United States, is considering dismissing former NBA superstar Shaquille O\u2019Neal and tennis athlete Naomi Osaka from the FTX lawsuit, pointing out that it\u2019s unclear whether the two had been served.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a paperless order, U.S. District Judge Kevin Moore\u00a0instructed the plaintiffs to provide cause on why O\u2019Neal and Osaka shouldn\u2019t be dismissed from the suit. According to Moore, whether the two sports stars have been served is unclear. The judge gave the FTX customers until December to show cause.<\/p>\n
The order was one of the several the judge issued on March 9. In another order, Moore reprimanded other celebrity defendants for requesting to push back a scheduled conference without following the proper steps. <\/p>\n
Celebrity defendants, including Tom Brady, Gisele B\u00fcndchen, Kevin O\u2019Leary, David Ortiz and Trevor Lawrence, asked for a time extension. However, the judge pointed out that the request should have come from the plaintiff\u2019s side. Moore said: <\/p>\n
\u201cThe court ordered plaintiff, not the defendants, to move for an extension of time to hold the scheduling conference.\u201c <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Because of this, the conference will proceed as scheduled, or the plaintiff may move for an extension of time to hold the conference, according to Moore. <\/p>\n