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It may be hard to believe, but Shaquille O’Neal is getting sued for allegedly hacking into someone’s computer and personal voice mail. Shawn Darling of Dade County, Florida, is suing Shaquille O’Neal for computer hacking and destruction of evidence. Darling worked for Shaq for two years, and he claims that Shaq made him delete information about his legal problems, stored in computers. On top of that, Darling claimed Shaq downloaded child porn on his personal computer. Supposedly, Shaq would not stop there, Darling also said that Shaq tried to hack his voice mail and dumped a computer into a lake, in order to destroy any evidence. A truly bizarre story!
Shaquille O’Neal is an alleged computer hacker: Dime Mag
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