EXCLUSIVE: Shaquille O'Neal's Ex-Mistress Claims Her Lawsuit Is The Weak Versus The Powerful
April 4 2011, Published 5:10 a.m. ET
The woman who is suing Shaquille O’Neal for harassment has had her high-powered attorney Gloria Allred fire back at the basketball star’s motion to dismiss her lawsuit, claiming his threats are: “of the large, powerful, and wealthy to the small, weak and unpowerful” Breaking Celebrity News can exclusively report.
Vanessa Lopez has claimed that Shaq harassed her through his sister and another man, Justin Zormelo, via menacing phone calls and text messages in the documents filed in a Florida court in March, exclusively obtained by Breaking Celebrity News.
Her response to O’Neal’s motion to dismiss claimed that he had his sister and an associate “terrorize” her.
“O’Neal was angry,” the documents state. “There were unconditioned threats to Lopez. O’Neal’s threats to Lopez are of the large, powerful, and wealthy to the small, weak and unpowerful.”
“O’Neal has family, friends, and employees to carry out his threats.”
The documents also claim that Shaq carries guns stating: “O’Neal is a large, powerful, wealthy man and a professional athlete and that he carries firearms from time to time.”
Lopez is portrayed as “a professional model with a small build, weighing less than 100 pounds, and lacking the physical power, wealth and connections of O’Neal.”
The documents detail his alleged harassment, which was previously reported by Breaking Celebrity News and denied by O’Neal’s alleged “henchman” Zormelo.
“After receiving numerous calls from O’Neal, Lopez told O’Neal that ‘if you don’t leave me alone I am going to tell Shaunie about us.’
“Within minutes, Lopez received a call from Ayesha Harrison, O’Neal’s 6’6” sister. Harrison called Lopez leaving verbal and physical threats