Shaq needs the swimsuit thrown out.
Feb. 26 2024, Revealed 6:30 a.m. ET
NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal requested a California choose to throw out the lawsuit introduced by his longtime affiliate — and stated the person’s allegations “lack advantage.”
In keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, O’Neal responded to the case introduced by a person named Donnie Wilson.
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The NBA legend stated he plans to combat the lawsuit.
O’Neal and his enterprise associate Michael Parris stated Wilson’s claims “lack advantage.”
As well as, O’Neal stated Wilson introduced the lawsuit within the improper state. He stated he lives in Georgia and his Parris lives in Virginia. He stated his enterprise is a Delaware restricted legal responsibility firm.
O’Neal stated he has no ties to California. “I moved to the State of Georgia previous to 2017 and have made my dwelling there ever since,” he informed the courtroom.
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Wilson says he is owed cash for his work .
Because of this, he stated the swimsuit needs to be dismissed instantly and refiled within the correct state.
As RadarOnline.com beforehand reported, earlier this yr, Wilson sued O’Neal and the NBA legend’s manufacturing firm Jersey Legends Productions.
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O’Neal’s enterprise associate and Jersey Legends Productions co-founder, Michael Parris, was named as a defendant.
Within the swimsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court docket, Wilson accused the defendants of breach of contract and “quite a few” labor code violations.
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His lawyer stated Wilson labored as O’Neal’s Group Relations Director from 1996-2006.
Wilson stated Parris requested him to return work for O’Neal’s manufacturing firm as a consequence of his “information of the leisure trade.”
He stated Parris named him head of artistic.
Wilson claimed he was nervous about working with Parris. The swimsuit learn, “[Wilson], based mostly on his earlier 10-year expertise with Parris, was cautious of whether or not Parris would truly ship on his guarantees . . . based mostly on previous conduct, however took one other leap of religion because of the shut relationship and the promise to raise Plaintiff as half proprietor within the hope Parris would function truthfully.”
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The lawsuit added, “So, Plaintiff agreed to work provided that he can achieve this as an official associate with an 18% possession curiosity in Jersey Legends. Parris made the verbal settlement with Wilson promising to make Wilson a associate in alternate for his companies and information.”
Wilson claimed he helped work on Queen of Basketball and an animated brief movie known as HeadNoise.
Queen of Basketball received an Academy Award. Regardless of the success, Wilson claimed he wasn’t compensated for his work at Jersey Legends.
“Through the manufacturing of those works, [Wilson] labored with O’Neal. Parris informed [Wilson] that O’Neal knew [Wilson] was neither getting paid and was nonetheless not getting any formal recognition of his standing as part-owner of Jersey Legends,” the lawsuit claimed. “Per Parris, O’Neal knew [Wilson] was going to be made half proprietor and can be taken care of ultimately.”
Wilson stated he despatched over a contract to Jersey Legends in 2022 however the executives by no means signed it. The lawsuit claimed Jersey Legends ended up being offered to a 3rd occasion — and Wilson by no means noticed a “dime.”
The choose has but to rule.