in Miami-Dade Circuit Court , also argues that Darling 's claims of privacy invasion , racketeering and intentional infliction of emotional distress are unsupported by any legal theory . `` Even if everything he was saying were true , we believe there is no basis in the law to bring the case , '' Reid told CNN Thursday . `` But in this case , none of it 's true . '' The salacious 15-page complaint describes O'Neal 's alleged dealings with three women and his ex-wife , whom he was divorcing at the time . Darling claims he was drawn into O'Neal 's tangled affairs as a computer consultant , eventually acquiring enough information to make him a liability that O'Neal then sought to have arrested , according to the lawsuit , which was filed in August and reported Wednesday for the first time on RadarOnline.com . Reid said the lawsuit came about after O'Neal refused to pay Darling $ 12 million in return for copies of physical and electronic files that Darling , a convicted felon , stole from O'Neal while he was working for him . Darling 's lawyer , however , said the e-mails , texts
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Shaquille O'Neal filed a motion Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit in which a former worker accuses the NBA star of hacking into his personal accounts and attempting to frame him for using child porn . Shawn Darling , who was O'Neal 's personal computer consultant from 2008 to 2009 , said the NBA center acted in retaliation because Darling had proof that O'Neal cheated on his wife with several women . But O'Neal 's lawyer claims in the motion that Darling illegally obtained the supposedly incriminating e-mails , text messages and voice mails to support his `` baseless '' lawsuit in an effort to `` extort '' O'Neal and sully his name . `` Darling reveals his true intent and methodology in using the stolen material , '' O'Neal 's Miami-based lawyer , Benjamine Reid , writes in the motion . `` The Complaint 's rambling , unsupported allegations , through which Darling alleges that he possesses substantial knowledge that would harm the Defendant both in a separate and unrelated lawsuit , as well as in the public eye at large , render Darling 's nefarious motive clear . '' The 13-page response , filed Thursday