15 Former Professional Athletes In Prison [Photos]
15 Former Professional Athletes Currently Rotting In Prison [Photos]
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Cecil Lennox
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October 28, 2014
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The glitz and glamour that comes along with being a high-profile sports star can quickly go capult once the money runs out…and criminal charges begin to file in.
Former Atlanta Hawks player Mookie Blaylock just received 15 years in prison for his singular role in killing a 44-year-old woman by vehicular homocide. While he likely won’t be the last, he certaintly isn’t the first ex-big league star to succumb to the legal system. Off the top of our heads, we found fifteen former professional athletes in prison as we speak.
Check them out in the gallery below as they’re currently wasting years of their life.
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Photos: Digital Creations/WENN
Rae Carruth
This former Carolina Panther took baby mama drama to new heights in 1999 when he had his pregnant girlfriend murdered after a spat. The child survived and he’s expected to be released in 2018.
Photo: KRTV News
Ryan Leaf
Following a stint as the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Leaf violated his probabtion by stealing prescription drugs in Montana and was sentenced to five years in prison this past September.
The former super middleweight champion lost his cool and not only murdered his friend Sam Kellerman with a hammer, he burned down his house afterwards. He was sentenced to 29 years in 2006.
Photo: WOODTV 8
Chad Curtis
The former New York Yankees champion outfielder was sentenced to 7-15 years in 2013 for for inappropriately touching teenage girls. SMH
Photo: Florida Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office
Matt Bush
With more than double the Florida blood alcohol content legal pumping through his veins, the former #1 MLB draft pick ran over a 72-year-old man in March of 2012. He was sentenced to 51 months in prison.
Photo: Charlotte Police Department
Jimmy Hitchcock
The former New England Patroits cornerback got slapped with a 46-month prison term after pleading guilty to mortgage fraud, bank bribery and money laundering conspiracy charges.
Photo: ABC
Sam Hurd
Police called the ex-Chicago Bears wide receiver a “a wannabe drug kingpin” after he started slanging while still in uniform. He’s currently doing 15 years in a Dallas prison for his Tony Montana aspirations.
Photo: St. Petersburg Police Department
Darryl Henley
Hiring shooters to murder the judge and witness of your drug trafficking trial will get you a hefty 41-year sentence, as this former Los Angeles Rams star has come to realize.
Photo: WENN
Tate George
This former NBA player-turned-white-collar-criminal is patiently waiting to be sentenced for starting up a Ponzi scheme, a conviction that carries up to 20 years in the bing.
Last December, the former NBA swingman was ordered to serve an eight-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to weapons and driving under the influence charges. The struggle.
In July of this year, former Nashville Predators enforcer pleaded guilty to two bank robberies throughout Canada. He’ll only be on ice for 30 months, though.
