Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence is among a host of Hollywood and sports celebrities named in a class-action lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange FTX, according to a report from USA Today’s JagsWire.
, Lawrence pushed back on reports that he took his entire $24 million signing bonus in cryptocurrency and lost about $15 million in the 2022 crash of the industry.
Class-action attorney Adam Moskowitz pointed to previous cases where the U.S. government fined celebrities Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather for promoting crypto.The plaintiff in the case is Pierce Robertson, who is also involved in a case involving Voyager Digital, another failed cryptocurrency company that was endorsed by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Voyager Digital failed for bankruptcy protection this summer, but FTX had pledged to buy Voyager’s assets for $1.
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