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A Los Angeles music producer testified that gang members kidnapped him in 2008 and told him the reason was an "issue" with basketball star Shaquille O'Neal and his business partner, according to transcripts from a preliminary criminal hearing.
In the transcripts, producer Robert Ross — who has claimed the attack came because he said he had a sex tape featuring O'Neal — testified that his kidnappers beat him and demanded a "videotape."

LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles music producer confirmed last week in a preliminary criminal hearing that at one point he had a tape from his home security system of Shaquille O'Neal having sex with a woman, but that it had been recorded over.

Asked by a prosecutor if he really had such a video at the time of an alleged attack and kidnapping, Robert Ross replied: "It was over. It was gone."

James Harbin, told him he needed to clear up an "issue" with O'Neal and Stevens, and threatened him.
Ross' testimony is scheduled to continue on July 6.

O'Neal and business partner Mark Stevens have denied involvement in statements to investigators. Neither O'Neal nor Stevens has been charged or named in the criminal complaint.

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Shaunie O'Neal, ex-wife of Shaquille O'Neal, claimed that a former friend of the retired NBA star offered to sell her a sex tape featuring Shaq and several other women, according to TMZ.

A representative for Shaunie O'Neal told the site that Robert Ross, a music producer claiming that he was kidnapped by gang members in 2008 due to having a sex tape featuring Shaq, tried to sell her the tape after the couple had split.

She reportedly turned the offer down, saying she "wanted nothing to do with it" and that she never saw any footage.

Ross testified over the weekend that his kidnappers beat him and demanded a "videotape." He also said that he had a tape from his security camera of O'Neal having sex with a woman, but it was recorded over.

The four-time NBA champion denied any involvement in the 2008 beating and was not named in the criminal complaint.

O'Neal announced his retirement from the NBA earlier this month on Twitter.