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Shaunie O’Neal: Shaquille O’Neal tried to deliver death threats to my boyfriend through our son

Basketball player Shaquille O'Neal and wife Shaunie O'Neal at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Basketball player Shaquille O’Neal and wife Shaunie O’Neal at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Days after Shaquille O’Neal warned his ex-wife not to mention him on her VH1 show, she is slamming the basketball star anyway.

In a document obtained by TMZ, Shaunie O’Neal claims her ex-husband told their six-year-old son to deliver death threats to her new boyfriend.

Shaunie’s lawyers sent a letter to Shaq’s legal team claiming the NBA legend told his son Shaqir to tell mom’s boyfriend that dad was going to kill him.

“Say it now! My daddy is going to kill you!,” he told the scared child, according to the letter.

The documents also claim that the basketball star “interrogated” the couple’s children about mom’s new man.

Shaunie’s legal team is demanding that her ex-husband no longer undertake “inappropriate discussions” with their brood.

On Wednesday, Shaq’s lawyers sent a latter to VH1 demanding that the network no longer air “Basketball Wives” episodes that make reference to him.

His ex-wife, who is an executive producer on the show, reportedly signed a confidentially agreement barring her from discussing their relationship on the show.

The O’Neals were married in December 2002 and have four children together.

In September 2007, Shaq filed for divorce, but the duo later reconcile. Two years later, in November 2009, Shaunie filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.