Shaquille O'Neal was a married man when he sent emails to a reporter revealing his secret crush - on superstar singer Rihanna!

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the basketball star is engaged in a nasty lawsuit with a former employee, Shawn Darling, who has accused him of threatening him and planting false evidence.

In the lawsuit, exclusively obtained by RadarOnline.com, Darling has submitted emails as evidence that he claims prove his point, and one of the emails reveals that Shaq had a crush on Rihanna.

Shaquille O'Neal's legal troubles are continuing with a shocking new lawsuit that RadarOnline.com and Star Magazine have exclusively uncovered in a joint investigation.

In the filing the famed baller is accused of planting a tracking device on his wife's car, using the services of police officers and state attorneys to help him threaten and plant false evidence on a business associate, and even trying to cover-up multiple affairs, including one with a Newsweek reporter.

Shawn Darling, who originally filed a lawsuit against O'Neal in 2010, has filed an amended complaint alleging that O'Neal inflicted "emotional distress and invasion of privacy" against him. Darling became friends with the basketball star in 2007 and claims the friendship continued until 2009.

Justin Zormelo, the man Shaquille O’Neal allegedly hired to harass his mistress Vanessa Lopez, is lashing out at the claims, calling them "untrue".

As RadarOnline.com reported, Lopez, who is represented by famed attorney Gloria Allred, filed an amended harassment lawsuit against Shaq in Orange County, Florida in which she named Zormelo as the man O’Neal hired to send her harassing voicemails and text messages.

PHOTOS: Sexy Photos Of Shaq’s Mistress Vanessa Lopez

In an email to RadarOnline.com on Thursday, Zormelo denied any involvement with O'Neal or Lopez.

Shaquille O'Neal's ex-wife Shaunie tried to meet with his mistress to convince her to go public with the affair in an effort to derail the terms of her pre-nup, a well-placed source told RadarOnline.com exclusively.

PHOTOS: Hollywood's Dirtiest Divorces

What's more, Shawn Darling, the man suing the NBA star for computer hacking, is reportedly writing a tell-all book in which he plans to expose Shaunie's plans to walk away with more money in her divorce.

PHOTOS: Lawyer Announces Mistress Will Sue Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O'Neal and Shawn Darling, the man suing him and alleging the NBA star hacked into computers, both have a lot to hide, a RadarOnline.com investigation has uncovered.

Shaq is telling the truth when he says he didn't know Darling had a criminal past when he hired him, a source close to the situation told RadarOnline.com exclusively.

But the same source claims that O'Neal did hack into the cell phone of a mistress, and changed her code to one that he uses regularly.

NBA star Shaquille O’Neal is lashing out over a new lawsuit brought against him accusing him of computer hacking, destroying evidence and trying to frame a former employee of criminal activity.

RadarOnline.com broke the news Wednesday that Shawn Darling had filed a multi-count lawsuit in Miami-Dade County, Florida against Shaq, including racketeering as one of his causes of action.

READ THE LAWSUIT

Now Shaq’s attorney, Benjamine Reid, has put out a press release calling the basis for the lawsuit “complete and utter fabrication.” He also details Darling’s extensive criminal background and says the former employee has tried to obtain a $12 million payment from Shaq.

Darling accuses O’Neal of hacking into the voicemail of Vanessa Lopez, his mistress who also has an active lawsuit against O’Neal. And Shaq is accused of using law enforcement contacts to improperly obtain information about another mistress.

NBA star Shaquille O'Neal is at the center of an explosive new lawsuit accusing him of computer hacking, destroying evidence and indicating that he attempted to frame an employee by planting child pornography on his computer, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.

EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: Read The Shocking Lawsuit

Shaq's former employee Shawn Darling filed the suit for intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and civil R.I.C.O. (a racketeering charge) on August 3, in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Here are some of the explosive allegations: