美国明星遭秋后算账:从库里到奥尼尔,给FTX代言的他们要赔多少钱?

华尔街见闻Published on 2022-11-25Last updated on 2022-11-25

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在经历巨额亏损后,投资者开始将矛头转向曾为 FTX 代言的名人们。

在经历巨额亏损后,投资者开始将矛头转向曾为 FTX 代言的名人们。从汤姆·布雷迪到斯蒂芬·库里,再到沙奎尔·奥尼尔,这些已经因为FTX 破产而「身负重伤」的明星们可能会因为相关诉讼继续赔钱。(PANews曾盘点了为FTX代言的明星们,推荐阅读:《在FTX欧亨利式结尾后,明星代言人集体缄默了》)

11 月 23 日,媒体报道称,部分投资者已经将这些明星拥趸们告上了法庭,案件正在迈阿密和旧金山审理,如果这些投资者能证实:明星此前并未披露为 FTX 做推广时的代言费,或告诉投资者自己也为该公司的股东之一,那么这些明星将为他们的宣传负责。

美国证券交易委员会互联网执法办公室前主任 John Reed Stark 表示,一般情况,明星们都倾向于和解,因此针对名人的诉讼往往会产生巨额赔偿,现在已有一起代表「全美数以千计的消费者」对于 FTX 名人推广的诉讼,各路明星赫然在列,Stark 说:

让你的粉丝购买印有你头像的 T 恤是一回事,而你疯狂吹捧导致他们失去毕生大量的积蓄则是另一码事。

目前,汤姆布·布雷迪、斯蒂芬·库里、沙奎尔·奥尼尔和电视名人凯文·奥利里都在被告之列。

汤姆·布雷迪:FTX 是最安全的

美国橄榄球巨星汤姆·布雷迪曾是 FTX 的「铁粉」,2021 年他与前妻超模 Gisele Bündchen 和 SBF 达成了股权交易,在担任 FTX 的品牌大使,出演广告的同时,会获得加密货币作为回报。

根据 FTX 当时的公告,达成合作后,夫妻二人是否会获得股权以及加密货币的具体金额并未透露,但证实夫妻二人都将收到特定数量和类型的加密货币。

2021 年 6 月 29 日,在 FTX 官宣布雷迪成为品牌大使的推文中,布雷迪说:「我们有机会在这里创造一些非常特别的东西。」 他同时在一份声明中称这一时刻为「最难以置信且激动人心的一刻」,并在 FTX 身上看到了无限可能,他说:

SBF 和他那充满创新精神的 FTX 团队让我看到了无限的可能性。这是一个值得珍惜的机会来让更多人了解加密货币的力量,同时也能回报社会和地球。

2021 年布雷迪和前妻为拍摄了一部名为「布雷迪都加入了,你不来吗?」(FTX Crypto: Tom Brady is In. Are you?)的宣传片,宣传片中布雷迪笃定的说:「我进,我要把这个好事儿告诉大家。 」 消费者们纷纷表示,这个广告表示布莱迪鼓励朋友们加入该平台。

在 FTX 官方平台介绍上至今还清晰的写着:布雷迪正用 FTX 作为他自己的数字货币交易平台,他是 FTX 的投资者之一,你们难道不来用吗?

而在另一个宣传片中,布雷迪更是「大言不惭」的说:「FTX 是购买加密货币最安全最简单的平台。」

在 FTX 突入其来的破产和暴雷后,布雷迪用极快的速度清空了推特上有关 FTX 的一切言论。但有些话不是他删了就没了,今年 7 月 4 日,FTX 庆祝会前夕,布莱迪还发了「燃烧起来」的推文,时不时利用自己的影响力为 FTX 打广告。

奥尼尔:我 all in 了,你呢?

随着 FTX 的覆灭,SBF 曾经的好友,与 FTX 关系颇深的 NBA 名宿奥尼尔也成了众矢之的。

奥尼尔在 FTX 宣传广告中说:「FTX 帮助每个人都能使用加密货币,我 all in 了,你呢?」 现在被消费者指控为虚假宣传。

今年年初,FTX 在超级碗赛事期间赞助了奥尼尔的周末音乐狂欢节「Shaq's Fun House」。同时,FTX 还提供了嘉年华奖品,为通过 FTX Pay 进行加密支付的客人提供折扣。活动参与者还有机会与奥尼尔直接会面并获得价值 1 万美元的比特币。

斯蒂芬·库里:有了 FTX,我有了安全交易所需的一切

卫冕冠军金州勇士队和其当家球星库里与 FTX 可谓缘分颇深,媒体报道称,现在勇士队已收到两份与 FTX 相关的诉讼。

据报道,金州勇士队和 FTX 从 2021 年开始合作,使其成为官方承认的加密货币和 NFT 平台,在 2021-2022 赛季确定晋级季后赛后,勇士队推出第一个系列的功能型 NFT(Repontive NFT),同时称今年会在位于大通中心的球馆上印上 FTX 的标志。

2021 年 9 月 8 日,FTX 宣布库里成为其品牌大使及股东。随后,勇士队与 FTX 合作推出了冠军戒指 NFT,刷新了与体育相关的 NFT 的价格记录,六合一冠军戒指拍卖了 285.111 枚以太币(约 106 万美元)。

与「吓坏了的」布雷迪不同,库里至今还没删除曾为 FTX 宣称的推文,截至发稿,仍有 13 条推文与 FTX 有关,这些宣传语描绘了这位篮球巨星如何利用他的影响力不遗余力的推广 FTX。从「欢迎加入 FTX 大家庭开始」库里利用自己的平台一次次的为 FTX 站台。

同时,库里与其妻子成立的基金会 Eat.Learn.Play. 也在之后多次与 FTX 合作开展慈善活动。对于这一合作,库里曾回应说:「过去的加密投资领域相当神秘,FTX 则是不断将加密投资变得容易让大家接受,让大家不再害怕加密货币。」

在今年 3 月与奥尼尔合作拍摄的宣传片中,库里更是称 FTX 帮助他成为了加密货币交易「专家」,并说:「有了 FTX,我有了可以安全交易所需的一切。」

媒体报道称,库里与 FTX 的合作或许也进一步促成了 FTX 向勇士提供 1000 万美元赞助及后续的合作关系。

新赛季球队战绩不佳,又摊上合作伙伴破产而受到牵连,金州勇士队正处「屋漏偏逢连夜雨」的困境中。金州勇士队上周在媒体采访中表示,将 FTX 赞助的乔丹·普尔摇头娃娃赠送完之后,将暂停与 FTX 相关产品的推广。

卡戴珊赔了 126 万,他们会赔多少

根据 11 月 15 日在迈阿密提起的诉讼,FTX 的突然破产使美国投资者蒙受超过 110 亿美元的损失,数据显示,FTX 在全球拥有 500 万用户,去年交易了超过 7000 亿美元的加密货币。

媒体报道称,布莱迪和库里等人正在接受德克萨斯州监管机构的调查,德州证券委员会执法主管乔 Joe Rotunda 在接受媒体采访时表示,他们正在审查名人收到的为 FTX 背书的款项,这件事是教给他们的最重要的一课。Rotunda 说:

虽然对明星代言的调查不是当下最最迫切,但这依然是监管机构在 FTX 破产清算后关注的重点。

对于名人来说,FTX 的瞬间倾覆,可以让他们意识到炒作加密货币会在声誉、法律风险和监管风险等方面产生重大问题,是对他们的重要一课。

法学教授 John Olson 说如果名人在推广这项投资前没有调查,那他们很可能就是虚假宣传。Olson 说:

如果一位名人说,‘我调查过这项投资,它很棒,你应该把钱投进去’—在说这句话时,他们没有调查过,这就是一种虚假宣传。

如果所推广的投资被认为是证券,那么他们也同时违反了证券法。

律师 Demetri Bezaintes 表示,随着 FTX 的破产和比特币的下跌,更大的风暴将到来,预计将有更多针对美国和别国的名人代言人的诉讼,包括许多韩国、新加坡和日本的投资者。

这不是名人第一次因推广加密货币而陷入困境。上月,金·卡戴珊就因在自己的社交品台上推广 EthereumMax 代币而被起诉,因为她并未告知投资者自己获得了 25 万美元的推广费。为了尽快了解此案,卡戴珊同意支付 126 万美元来和解,并承诺未来 3 年内不会有任何关于加密货币的宣传。这些名人又会损失多少呢?

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