Extra: After NBA Fraudster Terrence Williams Got 10 Years and Bynum & Davis Found Guilty, Now Darius Miles Time Served

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By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Video

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 20 – Former NBA players Anthony Allen, Sebastian Telfair, Terrance Williams and 15 others former players were named in an indictment unsealed on October 7, 2021 for defrauding the NBA health fund, in Telfair's case, for $350,000.

  Telfair nevertheless got a publicly funded lawyer. Inner City Press was there, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrates Court and live tweeted it here and below(street video here)

On November 13, 2023 the trial of William Bynum and Ronald Davis was winding down. Bynum was being cross examined about paying Terrence Williams $30,000. Asked if he'd stopped speaking with Terrence Williams, Bynum said only money, "I'm a positive person," still talking about basketball. Rule 29 motions were denied and one rebuttal witness' testimony trimmed but not precluded.

On November 15, the jury found both guilty "of a criminal scheme to defraud the NBA Players’ Health and Benefit Welfare Plan."

On November 20, Darius Miles got time served. Inner City Press was there, thread:

Darius Miles is here, with one crutch. He wants time served.

He: I apologize to the NBA and players. It is a brotherhood.  I was wrong. 

Judge Caproni: You were drafted out of high school, you are a poster child for why that was a bad idea. You have a podcast, on YouTube I understand...

 Judge: False claims is a serious crime for $360,000. This is the 14th sentencing in this case. You are similar to Shannon Brown. I sentence you to time served and three years of supervised release

 Judge: Also, restitution of $359,000 and 150 hours of community service.

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