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Shaq Does God's Work

Posted Nov 26th 2009 12:10AM by TMZ Staff

Shaquille O'Neal gets the 2009 Thanksgiving award for quietly paying for the funeral of a little girl he never met.

Shaquille O'Neal

Five-year-old Shaniya Davis was raped and murdered earlier this month. The alleged killer is behind bars, as is Shaniya's mother, who is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution.

Shaq was so touched by the story he's footing the funeral bill -- estimated at $4,500.

The Cleveland Cavalier star told the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Being a law enforcement guy that investigates crime against children, I wanted to be able to help in some way."

More than 2,000 people attended Shaniya's funeral last Sunday in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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1. while its a really nice gesture for shaq to pay for this little girls funeral, doe's he seriously think he is 'a law enforcement guy who investigates crimes against children',, i mean really,, get real

Posted at 11:10AM on Nov 26th 2009 by booya

2. First...I will always be a fan of Shaq...unlike other athletes Shaq your a class act..where's that punk Jordon??

Posted at 11:13AM on Nov 26th 2009 by nate

3. FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad some people still have a heart nowadays. My prayers go out to the rest of the family

Posted at 11:14AM on Nov 26th 2009 by good semaritan

4. I just burst out in tears. What a wonderful person Shaq is. I too was very touched by this little angel's death. May she rest in peace.

Posted at 11:34AM on Nov 26th 2009 by Maggie

5. What a wonderful thing for Shaq to do.

AWESOME

BEAUTIFUL

Posted at 11:16AM on Nov 26th 2009 by fried corn

6. IF we had more people in the world willing to help the world would be a better place.. May the people who did this to this little girl burn in hell..Good for Shaq..I find it a little odd that they would print this story but refusse to print any of the wonderful things Mj did..help many peole durning his life time and in death is helping even more...well that just goes to show u.. how Bias Harvey TMZ is...

Posted at 11:16AM on Nov 26th 2009 by Michelle

7. Classy

Posted at 11:27AM on Nov 26th 2009 by scott

8. God Bless Shaq !! What a nice thing to do for a family who's heart is forever broken.

Posted at 11:32AM on Nov 26th 2009 by April Foster

9. That's a very heartfelt and classy thing to do. If only more celebrities would do things like this out of the goodness of their hearts, and not just because it'll get them TV time or money. Actually, more people in general need to do things like this, as long as it's in their power to do it.

Posted at 11:32AM on Nov 26th 2009 by Jeremy Bosco

10. Now I'm a fan of Shaqs forever as I am a fan of Michael Jackson for all the good humanitarian work he did during his lifetime...and continues to do nowadays!

Posted at 12:06PM on Nov 26th 2009 by Inez

11. Nice thing for Shaq to do, but according to John 6:28-29 the work of God is to believe on Him who He sent!

Posted at 11:20AM on Nov 27th 2009 by Dion

12. GREAT thing to do Shaq......RIP little Angel

and to think.....the mother is pregnant AGAIN!

Posted at 12:21PM on Nov 26th 2009 by GOOD DEED

13. Shaq has his own ongoing family and relationship challenges but he does good for others!

What happened to that beautiful little girl is a travesty, and I feel her father was terribly negligent and should, also, be charged with neglect of a minor for sending her (at such a critical age in her psychological development) to permanently live with a known worthless mother when the conditions of the home, monies, etc., had not been fully investigated. It is rare the inside of a trailer home doesn't reflect its outside! If a woman cannot handle a child the first year of its life, she's not going to be able to raise a developing child as the commitment becomes greater with every passing month and year of the child's physical, emotional, psychological, and social development.

Sick of hearing Aunt Carrie say she dropped her off with two days of clothing as if that was a real generous expression of her love and care for that child. If the mother had only worked six months, she certainly would have been incapable of dressing the child appropriately to attend school let alone feeding and providing for her in other ways.

Shaniya's biological father is another situation of a sex-addicted scumbag having multiple children with multiple women and not being married to them. He said Shaniya was conceived via a one-night stand (rare) to make himself appear more than a sperm spreader with little personal dignity. He may be white but he's white trash and that child should have been placed up for adoption a long time ago!

Posted at 12:33PM on Nov 26th 2009 by Carrie

14. what a beautiful gesture, you nevere met this lil girl and you did such a wonderful thing for her. may she rest in peace.

Posted at 12:37PM on Nov 26th 2009 by mo

15. Just another reason I'm a huge Shaq fan.

Posted at 12:47PM on Nov 26th 2009 by Cali MJ Fan

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