EXCLUSIVE: Shaq's 'Henchman' Denies Harassing Mistress As Damning New Evidence Emerges
May 28 2018, Updated 10:18 a.m. ET
Justin Zormelo, the man Shaquille O’Neal allegedly hired to harass his mistress Vanessa Lopez, is lashing out at the claims, calling them "untrue".
As Breaking Celebrity News reported, Lopez, who is represented by famed attorney Gloria Allred, filed an amended harassment lawsuit against Shaq in Orange County, Florida in which she named Zormelo as the man O’Neal hired to send her harassing voicemails and text messages.
In an email to Breaking Celebrity News on Thursday, Zormelo denied any involvement with O'Neal or Lopez.
"The allegations are completely untrue. I have never spoken to that woman, nor threatened her. The information released has no merit," he wrote.
However, Breaking Celebrity News has uncovered some damning new evidence that could shoot down Zormelo's denial.
In the email sent to Breaking Celebrity News, Zormelo included his cell phone number, which happens to match identically with the cell number in a text message we've verified as being between Shaq and another party.
Read The Text Message Here
In that text message, dated October, 2009, Shaq includes Lopez's cell number with the message, "dis is da numba shut dat bi*ch up!"
The person matching Zormelo's cell number writes back, "Consider it done fam