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Shaq Attacked With Lawsuit

By Quibian Salazar-Moreno on Sep 16th 2010 6:25PM
Filed under: Basketball

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Shaq Attacked With Lawsuit

Just when Shaquille O'Neal was getting comfortable in Boston and checking out the scene as a Celtic, his offseason now has a bit of downer because of a lawsuit from an ex-employee. According to RadarOnline.com, ex-employee Shawn Darling is suing Shaq, claiming that the NBA star stole personal information and tried to frame him using child pornography.

Now, why would Shaq want to do this to one of his ex-employees?According to the suit, Darling worked for Shaq from 2007–2009 as a computer consultant. During this time, Darling set up e-mail, phone, and other accounts in his name so that Shaq could keep in touch with his various mistresses.

One of the mistresses, Vanessa Lopez, told Darling that she believed Shaq was trying to break in to her voice mail messages. Darling apparently found out that Shaq indeed and for some reason told her about it.

Lopez, who was already suing Shaq for harassment, added that tidbit of info to the lawsuit, saying Darling was going behind Shaq's back giving her info. Apparently this set Shaq off, threatening Darling with violence and breaking in to his voice mail. Shaq allegedly had child pornography put on Darlings computer, so that it would be confiscated by Shaq's Arizona law enforcement buddies, and in turn, Shaq could get the info off the computer that Darling was feeding to Lopez.

When Darling allegedly found out about Shaq's scheme, he threatened Shaq saying he had e-mails, texts and pictures that could expose him as the adulterer he is. Darling asked for $12 million to keep quiet, but when Shaq refused, Darling filed the lawsuit.

Of course, Shaq and his legal team are denying all the accusations and are trying to get the case dismissed.

"Even if everything he was saying were true, we believe there is no basis in the law to bring the case," Shaq's attorney, Ben Reid, told CNN. "But in this case, none of it's true."

Regardless, Darling and his team plan to keep on fighting:
"I don't need anyone to take my client's word for it. I have the evidence: Text messages from Shaq, e-mails complaining about how my client is going to ruin him, " Darling's attorney, Menachem Mayberg, told CNN. "Anyone who says the evidence is not there, he'll eat those words."

There's no word on when the case will go to trial.

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