A 40-month prison sentence was imposed on a former NBA player.
According to Alex Prewitt of ESPN, former NBA big man Glen Davis, who spent eight NBA seasons with the Celtics, Magic, and Clippers between 2007 and 2015, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison by a federal judge for his role in a scheme to defraud the league’s health and welfare benefit plan.
Davis was among the eighteen former NBA players who were initially accused in 2021 for participating in a fraudulent operation involving the bogus filing of claims totaling millions of dollars for unpaid dental and medical bills.
Prewitt claims that Davis was compelled to pay $80,000 in restitution after being found guilty of many fraud counts and conspiring to fabricate false representations. In addition, he was sentenced to three years of supervised release from prison; during this period, he must take a program on financial management and get required drug treatment.
The alleged operation’s mastermind, former NBA swingman Terrence Williams, was given a 10-year prison term last summer. Will Bynum (18 months), Alan Anderson (24 months), and Keyon Dooling (30 months) are a few other former players who have received prison sentences. The most well-known NBA veteran implicated in this case, Tony Allen, was sentenced to community service and supervision instead of going to jail.
After being selected with the 35th overall choice in the 2007 NBA Draft out of LSU, Davis played his first four seasons in the league with Boston, where he was nominated for Sixth Man of the Year and Most Improved Player and won a championship as a rookie in 2008.
The 6’9′′ forward/center, nicknamed “Big Baby,” was dealt to Orlando in 2011 and played for the Magic for two and a half seasons before finishing his NBA career with a season and a half with the Clippers. In 514 career regular season games, he averaged 8.0 points and 4.4 rebounds in 21.1 minutes per game.
Prewitt claims that a number of NBPA representatives, including executive director Andre Iguodala, and a few of Davis’ former coaches submitted pre-sentencing petitions to the court on the 38-year-old’s behalf, pleading for mercy. In addition, Prewitt notes that Sabrina Shroff, Davis’ defense lawyer, pushed for a time-served sentence that included conditions for “community service, mental health therapy, and treatment for a cannabis addiction.”
In contrast, the prosecution contended that Davis made a “sophisticated and intelligent effort” to conceal his wrongdoing, and the judge agreed, imposing a heavier sentence. According to Prewitt, Davis had insisted on his innocence throughout the court proceedings.
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