Natural entertainment partners Larry David, Tom Brady, and Shaq are finally joining a lawsuit, and Variety reports that the three famous men are being sued along with other celebrities in a class action lawsuit. Against the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency. Insbesondere wurden sie in einer Klage von einem Mann aus Oklahoma, der die Krypto-Börse beschuldigte, Prominente rekrutiert zu haben, um „unerfahrene Investoren“ in einem „Ponzi-Schema“ anzusprechen, als „Markenbotschafter“ bezeichnet, um diezu Börse am Leben Receipt.
FTX itself, as well as former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, have been named in a lawsuit brought by a man named Edwin Garrison, who says he was scammed into buying an FTX account and says he hopes to "represent thousands, if not millions of consumers across the country", who are alleged victims of the company. Other celebrities sued include Gisele Bundchen (who appeared on "You're In" with her husband Brady) and Stephen Curry and his NBA team, the Golden State Warriors, who were strong for FTX in their final season.
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David's participation in all of this seems particularly proud. He appeared in a Super Bowl commercial (during the big Super Bowl this year) where the main attraction was that he declared out loud that cryptocurrencies would not work and were not worth investing in. (This follows a long line of historical sketches in which Larry David misinterpreted technical innovations throughout history, emphasized primarily by various Larry David-like "actor" characters.) In an ad that has nothing good to say about FTX that seems to sum it up The whole Larry David vibe very well.
FTX is currently in free fall, so you need separate sections for "Crisis Initiation", "Crisis Initiation" and "Extended Impact" on your Wikipedia page; The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on November 11 and is said to be under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department.
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