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Fortune
Alena Botros

Shaq distances himself from crypto, despite once being a paid spokesperson for FTX

Photo of Shaquille O'Neal (Credit: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto—Getty Images)

Basketball legend turned businessman Shaquille O’Neal is attempting to distance himself from crypto after being a paid spokesperson for failed exchange FTX and targeted with a lawsuit for it.

“A lot of people think I’m involved, but I was just a paid spokesperson for a commercial,” O’Neal told CNBC Make it this week.

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