ChainCatcher message, Michael Lewis from "The Big Short" stated in an interview that FTX paid $55 million and $35 million in marketing fees to American football player Tom Brady and NBA star Steph Curry, respectively, for a 3-year promotional partnership, working 20 hours each year.FTX wrote in an NBA All-Star promotional post that Steph Curry became part of the company as a global ambassador in 2021 and holds equity.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Stephen Curry, Larry David, Shaquille O'Neal, David Ortiz, and Naomi Osaka, former FTX spokespersons, have filed a separate motion to dismiss the lawsuit against them, which accuses the defendants of colluding in FTX fraud.The motion states that the plaintiffs "have not presented any facts to support their claims" that the celebrities were involved in a "secret FTX scheme carefully orchestrated by a handful of FTX insiders."