Former Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Shaquille O’Neal is suing his ex-marijuana business partners for more than a million dollars in damages.
According to TMZ, O’Neal states he and his fellow plaintiff, Jerome Crawford, invested $150,000 into a new weed business back in December 2016.
O’Neal claims their investment was supposed to help the company “pursue opportunities in the field of legal cannabis.”
The NBA legend also asserts in the lawsuit that by late 2017 the company “seemingly had no licenses, no revenue, and no operations.”
When he and his attorneys pressed for details about how their money was being purposed, the company didn’t immediately respond.
O’Neal claims in the lawsuit he threatened litigation with the company the next year, agreeing to repay him and Crawford back in $10,000 installments. Only $20,000 of that money was paid out, according to the former Lakers center, so he’s suing to get back his initial investment plus interest.
